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An apple a day keeps the carbon away: Analysis of UK diet advice reveals emissions-saving potential

Business Green

One objection to environmentally friendly diets is that by limiting specific sources of key nutritients, such as fish and dairy, people can risk undermining individual health even as they benefit the health of the planet. The government guidelines were first published in 2016.

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Ocean Conservation: Ocean Acidification and the Impacts of Fish Migration

Green Tech Challenge

We have written, here , that ocean acidification disrupts the growth and productive health of some sea life, the most vulnerable being shellfish larvae, and developing fish. They also have medicinal effects which humans could benefit from. The ocean has experienced a 26% pH drop in the last century. million metric tons. degrees.

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Behind the scenes at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center

AGreenLiving

Part of his wildlife health program was developing a global assessment of sea turtle health. Visitors can also learn about the nebulization chamber where snakes with fungal infections inhale a mist of medicine. In the early 2000s, Norton worked on Saint Catherine’s Island, 40 miles north of Jekyll.

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25 badass women shaping climate action in 2021

GreenBiz

Boma Brown-West, Director of Consumer Health, EDF+Business. We want to call attention to how the biggest environmental impacts and the biggest health impact of products is really due to the products themselves and the creation and the use of a product," Brown-West noted at the time. LinkedIn | Twitter. LinkedIn | Twitter. For HP Inc.,