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A fresh crop of data

Envirotec Magazine

Record hot temperatures in the UK over the summer caused significant changes to the levels of harmful pollutants such as ozone and particulate matter, prompting a number of novel observations by the National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS). Ozone events and their origins.

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What are ‘planetary boundaries’ and why should we care?

Envirotec Magazine

If we keep going, we risk triggering a dramatic and potentially irreversible change in living conditions. Like all other living organisms, we survive by using Earth’s resources. We are still in the green for ozone-depleting chemicals. And this has happened extraordinarily recently. But we now know there are hard limits.

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Environmental Consequences of Vehicle Emissions

The Environmental Blog

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution is responsible for around 7 million premature deaths each year. The environmental consequences of vehicle pollutants are multifaceted, ranging from air pollution and climate change to water contamination and ecological disruptions. However, there is hope.

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Air Travel and Climate Change

Green Market Oracle

Air travel is a major source of climate change causing greenhouse gases. Every day, the FAA's Air Traffic Organization provides service to more than 44,000 flights and 2.7 The impact of air travel on climate change is multifaceted. Source: Climate Change Connection Subscribe in a reader

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How Much Work is Needed to Make Recycling Economically Sustainable?

Green Living Guy

Environmental issues like acid rain, global warming, ozone layer depletion, climate change, and water pollution have raised major concerns for several nations, organizations, and groups. Conscious nations and organizations have started taking action by playing.

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New Report Highlights Pesticides’ Overlooked Climate Connection

DeSmogBlog

This “vicious cycle” of pesticide use fueling climate change, and vice versa, is examined in a report published Tuesday by the advocacy group Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA). According to PANNA , the assessment is the first in-depth scientific review of the relationship between pesticides and climate change.

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Why is the idea of the Anthropocene so contentious?

Grist

The atmospheric chemist had won a Nobel Prize in 1995 for demonstrating how humanity was destroying the ozone layer, just one of the many ways people had radically altered the planet, from urbanization to releasing greenhouse gases. Since the Industrial Revolution, climate change has warmed the globe by 2 degrees Fahrenheit (1.2