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Less air pollution leads to higher crop yields, says study

Envirotec Magazine

Usually, increasing agricultural productivity depends on adding something, such as fertilizer or water. Its findings have important implications for increasing agricultural output and analyzing climate change mitigation costs and benefits around the world. A NOx-ious problem.

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Scientists adapt solar energy technology to detect chemical warfare agents and pesticides

Envirotec Magazine

In a colourful solution to a dangerous problem, Australian scientists are adapting a component from cutting-edge solar cells to design a rapid, light-based detection system for deadly toxins. The wrong amounts or incorrect use of these fumigants can be harmful to people and degrade the ozone layer.

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Understanding the Anthropocene, Resilience Thinking, and the Future of Industry

Green Business Bureau

Typically, a population will expand until it meets carrying capacity, or the maximum number of individuals that the environment can support without collapse; however, agriculture allowed humans to sidestep constraints of the natural environment, which gave way for society to continue to innovate and grow. .

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What Is Carbon Accounting? Standards, Frameworks, Developments and Challenges

Green Business Bureau

As such, in 2022 81% of S&P 500 companies reported their own emissions (scope 1), and the emissions of the electricity they bought (scope 2). For instance, in 2007 Australia introduced the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Scheme (NGERS) to set mandatory emission reporting.

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