Bill Gates: planting trees is nonsense
Bill Gates has been a vocal advocate for addressing climate change.
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Environmental
A collection of 898 articles
Cambodia: Environmental Activists Sentenced to 6 to 8 Years
On Tuesday, the Phnom Penh Capital Court handed down a guilty verdict in the criminal trial of 10 activists from Mother Nature, an award-winning, youth-led Cambodian environmental group, on charges that stem from the group’s peaceful environmental activism from 2012 to 2021. At least four of the activists were
Chemtrails are part of the depopulation agenda
What are they spraying into the sky? Who’s doing it? Why are they doing it, what are their motives? And what can we do to put an end to this?
These are questions Richard Vobes put to two pilots last week who have been conducting in-depth research into chemtrails.
The impact of road environments on rural periodic market travel satisfaction: a heterogeneity analysis of travel modes
Travel satisfaction as experienced by rural residents is closely related to personal physical and mental health, as well as rural economic conditions.
Validating self-reported Toxic Release Inventory data using Benford's Law: investigating toxic chemical release hazards in floodplains
Acute and long-term health impacts from flooding related toxic chemical releases are a significant local health concern and can disproportionately impact communities with vulnerable populations; reliable release data are needed to quantify this hazard. In this paper, we analyze US Federal Emergency Management Agency designated floodplain data and US Environmental
Development of a machine vision-based weight prediction system of butterhead lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) using deep learning models for industrial plant factory
Indoor agriculture, especially plant factories, becomes essential because of the advantages of cultivating crops yearly to address global food shortages.
The potential of virtual healthcare technologies to reduce healthcare services' carbon footprint
The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the potential to reduce our carbon footprint especially by reducing travel.
Exposure Characteristics and Cumulative Risk Assessment of Bisphenol A and Its Substitutes: The Taiwan Environmental Survey for Toxicants (TEST) 2013
Ever since the use of bisphenol A (BPA) has been restricted, concerns have been raised regarding the use of its substitutes, such as bisphenol S (BPS) and bisphenol F (BPF).
On proposing relational environmental metaphors to stimulate engagement and foster well-being in the midst of climate change
Messages regarding climate change that are intended to stimulate responsible engagement can impact our mental health in both positive and negative ways, which in turn can increase or limit the potential engagement being sought through those very messages. Increasingly alarmist environmental metaphors are being brought into question due to their
A LARGE AND FEASIBLE NATIONAL SURVEY REPRESENTATIVE OF POPULATION EXPOSURE TO OUTDOOR GAMMA RADIATION IN URBAN AREAS
Background: Although data on outdoor gamma radiation are available for many countries, they have generally been obtained with measurements performed in undisturbed environments instead of in urban areas where most of the population lives. Only one large national survey, with on-site measurements in urban areas, has been found worldwide, probably
Empower ing Pro-Environmental Behavior in Tourists through Digital Media: The Influence of Eco-Guilt and Empathy with Nature
In the digital economy era, leveraging digital media to foster tourists’ pro-environmental behavioral intention (TPEBI) has become crucial in the field of sustainable tourism.
Discovering the sensory, emotional, and interactive experiences of a place
This article proposes a data collection technique for describing experiences of a built environment.
Integrated metabolomic and metagenomic strategies shed light on interactions among planting environments, rhizosphere microbiota, and metabolites of tobacco in Yunnan, China
Changes in climatic factors and rhizosphere microbiota led plants to adjust their metabolic strategies for survival under adverse environmental conditions.
Inverting social innovation to transform health system responses to climate change adaptation and mitigation in the global south
Systems thinking is aimed at understanding and solving complex problems that cut across sectors, an approach that requires accurate, timely, and multisectoral data.
Does the level of burnout differ between occupational groups in Lithuania?
Background: The strain on workers of the healthcare system and education sector increased psychological distress and burnout.
