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

Green Business Bureau

Eras in the Earth’s history are defined by major climactic events and distinguished through the fossil record, carbon dating, and other methods. Ocean acidification – Surface ocean acidity has already increased by 30 percent since pre-industrial times. The Holocene. The Anthropocene.

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'Every fraction of warming matters': World careering towards irreversible climate impacts, top scientists warn

Business Green

As a result, climate change is already affecting every inhabited region on Earth, and impacts such as sea level rise, ocean acidification, and permafrost melt are inevitable and near-irreversible, leaving only their extent open to question.

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Using Trees To Build A Better World

R-Squared Energy

If you plant trees on marginal land, grow them, harvest them, and then replant them — you can actually improve the soil quality of that marginal land over time. RR: Can you explain the relationship trees have with the carbon cycle? Does a mature forest continue to sequester carbon, or is most of that done during the growth phase?