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Ice rink alternatives and their environmental impact

AGreenLiving

Unfortunately, contemporary ice-making and maintenance technologies consume large amounts of energy and produce refrigerant gases that cause pollution , making them environmentally harmful. HFCs heighten the greenhouse effect, while carbon dioxide similarly intensifies global warming.

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

Green Business Bureau

At the end of the first century, there were approximately 170 million people on Earth, by 1800, the population was over 1 billion people with major cities developing, breakthrough medical advancements, and continued technological innovation. As global warming increases, so will wildfires and vulnerability to diseases.

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The Overview Effect

Grist

In interviews afterward, Shatner made a plea for the planet as TV hosts tried to steer him toward topics lighter than death and global warming. Some warned that NASA’s technology was polluting the Earth with rocket exhaust and industrial manufacturing. It’s immeasurably small when you think in terms of the universe.”.

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How Big a Difference Can Biodegradable Straws Make to the Environment?

Green Business Bureau

All materials do this, even plastics, which break down into what we call microplastics – i.e. plastic particles smaller than 5mm. For these materials to degrade, special conditions and technologies are required. Biodegradable Straws Reduce Microplastics at Sea and on Land. As such, it’s not a very precise term.

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Ranked: The 12 best ways to get cars out of cities

Business Green

And even if there's nothing damaging released from an electric car's exhaust pipe, the wear of car brakes and tyres still creates toxic dust and microplastic pollution. Mobile phone technology has a growing role in strategies to reduce car use. the world can limit global warming. Apps for sustainable mobility.

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Fifty Shades of Greta

Green Market Oracle

Through his passion for the outdoors, he witnessed the effects of microplastic pollution on the environment. When Fionn was in high school, he invented a new method of extracting microplastics from the water using his own version of ferrofluid, a liquid developed by NASA. Hilda Nakabuye is from Kampala, Uganda.