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Pandemic air quality due to weather, not just lockdowns

Envirotec Magazine

Using satellite data, ground-based monitoring and an innovative computer modeling system, researchers found mostly slight changes in PM 2.5 – with one exception. Their results were published on 23 June 23 the journal Science Advances. These data, referred to as aerosol optical depth, related to surface PM 2.5

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Introducing Planetary Variables: Soil Water Content, Land Surface Temperature, and Vegetation Biomass

Planet Pulse

The company started with the aim of simplifying highly advanced satellite data to deepen our understanding of the world’s water and agricultural systems. Along the way, the scientists on the VanderSat team pioneered new scientific approaches in remote sensing and our publications have garnered more than 20,000 citations in leading journals.

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Sustainability in Healthcare: How Telemedicine and Virtual Meetings Reduce Emissions and Waste

Green Business Bureau

In-person advisory board meetings not only require participants to fly in from across the country to attend but also typically involves catered meals and snacks, printed agendas and materials, and audio-visual equipment rentals. It is this advancement in technology that is helping drive sustainability in healthcare.

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Taking an inventory of the global plastics problem

Envirotec Magazine

Visual abstract for research led by Vikas Khanna showing plastic production, exports and imports across the globe (image credit: The Khanna Research Group). The work was recently published in the journal ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. “We In 1950, 2 million metric tonnes of new plastic was produced globally.

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Timeless Environmental Careers

Defend Our Future

They collaborate to create visually captivating narratives that shed light on environmental challenges and inspire action. It lights up a part of your brain, and when people share personal stories, they bring a human face to the otherwise abstract data and statistics,” Yesh said.

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"Wither" artistically represents deforestation in the Amazon

AGreenLiving

While all eyes are on the national and international headlines regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, it appears no one is watching and protecting the rainforest, which is experiencing a “newly deforested area” that is “71% larger” than previous records, according to The Wall Street Journal.

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Why Polluters’ Greenwashing Works and How to Fight It

DeSmogBlog

A young man goes up a mountain to study the terrain and collect data on his laptop, while epic, orchestral violins play in the background. He’s an ExxonMobil scientist in a company ad that also shows other scientists in a high-tech lab working to develop “low-carbon technologies.” The tagline reads “Advancing Climate Solutions.”