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Will sweat help us survive climate change?

Grist

As the body tries to cool down, blood vessels widen, redirecting hot blood from the core of your body toward the surface. And more heat will come, bringing parts of Mexico’s coasts and more of South Asia into the danger zone. What’s more, as people get older, their sweat glands deteriorate , undermining their ability to cool down.

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TEDTalk: The Wildly Complex Anatomy of a Sneaker

Sustainability Consulting

To meet growing demand, roughly 23 billion shoes are produced every year, mostly in factories across China and Southeast Asia. Once the components arrive at the assembly line, they undergo cutting, pouring, melting, baking, cooling, and gluing, before the final products can be stitched together.

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The American chestnut tree is coming back. Who is it for?

Grist

For years, controversy has swirled around the ethics of using novel biotechnology for species conservation. Before turning to genetic engineering, the foundation tried unsuccessfully to breed a hybrid chestnut that looked and grew like an American chestnut but had genes from species native to Asia that gave it blight resistance.

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50 Books on Climate Change and Sustainbility

Green Market Oracle

Gen Z's first "existential toolkit" for combating burnout while advocating for climate justice Bathroom Battlegrounds A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety: How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet by Sarah Jaquette Ray (April 2020). Heat Pumps for Sustainable Heating and Cooling (Green Energy and Technology) by Y. Venus Lun, S.

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Geoengineering’s gender problem could put the planet at risk

Grist

The hardware test was part of a bigger plan to see if strategically releasing aerosols might help cool the planet by reflecting sunlight. Working from a disused military airstrip in Norfolk, U.K., they would attach a 3,000-foot hose to a helium balloon, pump water into it, and spray the liquid into the atmosphere, where it would evaporate.

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