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Replanting logged forests with diverse mixtures of seedlings accelerates restoration, says study

Envirotec Magazine

Satellite observations of one of the world’s biggest ecological experiments on the island of Borneo appear to reveal that replanting logged forests with diverse mixtures of seedlings can significantly accelerate their recovery. Restoring logged tropical forests is a crucial component of efforts to tackle both the nature and climate crises.

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Community solar, urban trees and the digitization of employee engagement

GreenBiz

Leading companies, including tech firms Microsoft and Akamai, are expanding their focus into new realms — ones that explore the intersection of sustainability and human health, or that allow employees to take action to reduce their own impact at home and in the communities where they live. Corporate Strategy. Employee Engagement.

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4 things corporations should know about urban forestry projects

GreenBiz

As Microsoft builds data centers in Iowa, it is also investing in urban forestry projects to bring an environmental and health benefit to the neighborhood as well. Because urban forestry generally has a relatively low carbon removal impact, fewer organizations are focused on creating carbon credits for these projects.

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Sponsored Content: A new level of enhanced, reliable protection against VOCs

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Using their 30 years of industry experience and their extensive knowledge of both volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and photoionisation detection (PID), ION Science continue to deliver excellence in protection for workers. continuously logs data in real-time to get a clear view of how much exposure a worker is subject to. The Cub 11.7

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Europe’s wood pellet market is worsening environmental racism in the American South

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This story was originally published by Southerly , in partnership with Scalawag and Environmental Health News for its Powerlines series, which looks at climate change, justice, and infrastructure in the American South. However, like Ahoskie, Joyner’s community wasn’t quick to organize against the plant. . “I Danielle Purifoy.

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Sponsored content: Dive deeper into your gas detection data – 3 steps to improve worker safety

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This data helps IH teams identify “hot spots” where personnel experience heightened levels of exposure to toxic gases and other volatile organic compounds (VOCs). For gas detection, the use of data-driven solutions, automatically identifies patterns from non-zero gas readings logged by personal wearables and area gas monitors.

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WHO values are insufficient, say developers of European map of aerosol pollution

Envirotec Magazine

They have, they say, determined the major sources of organic aerosols – stemming both from natural and from anthropogenic sources – and their variations over the course of days, months and seasons. These are used by epidemiologists to determine the aerosol sources that are most detrimental to human health.” Wood is a natural material.

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