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Smoke rising over German factories. (Foto-Rabe/Pixabay)
Fewer air pollution deaths? Thank a regulation.
Braydon Black | Oct 27, 2018 | in Think Global
Recent research from UNC-Chapel Hill suggests air quality improvements since the 1990s have cut the number of deaths related to air pollution in half.
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Rob Stewart swims with the sharks.
There’s a shark in my lipstick?!
Julie Andersen | Oct 23, 2018 | in A\J Special Delivery
The animal we fear the most is being driven to extinction in the name of human beauty.
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Land and sea/Photo by Mario Azzi on Unsplash
A composite sketch of rising seas
Braydon Black | Oct 19, 2018 | in Shades of Green
Parallel studies show the dangers of our warming world and its rising seas.
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Is that shark on my fork?
Julie Andersen | Oct 17, 2018 | in A\J Special Delivery
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BEF-China's experimental site/Photo by UZH
Quality, not quantity of trees dictates how well forests store carbon
Hai Lin Wang | Oct 16, 2018 | in EcoLogic
Does species richness impact how effectively a forest can absorb excess carbon? A three-country, eight-year study (finally) has answers.
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The missing link
Julie Andersen | Oct 14, 2018 | in A\J Special Delivery
Our oceans' super-predators are disappearing - here's why
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Algae pollution at a Berkeley, CA marina/Andy Wang on Unsplash
Our land as a sponge that can hold no more
Braydon Black | Oct 14, 2018 | in Sustainable A\J
Researchers from the Université de Montréal have identified a tipping point at which land can no longer retain phosphorous. Odds are good we've passed that point.
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Generation Z in an age of minimalism
Niara van Gaalen | Oct 1, 2018 | in Food and Culture
LESS is more than a student film, but a reflection on generational materialism.
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Sustainable Fashion is Growing Next Door
Hai Lin Wang | Sep 26, 2018 | in A\J Special Delivery
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Thrift shopping with Anita Ballachanda/Yoshi Matsuzaki Photo
World of Thrift
Anita Ballachanda | Sep 20, 2018 | in A\J Special Delivery
Project: Trashion shows the value (and style) in rethinking fast fashion.
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Waste paper recycling in Holland/Bas Emmen on Unsplash
Trump should wage a war on waste instead of battling the world over trade
Clyde Eiríkur Hull | Sep 18, 2018 | in Green Living
The broad push towards creating a circular waste economy isn't unique to the United States; it's happening in Canada, too.
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Citizens protesting pipeline expansion in Burnaby, BC/Mark Klotz
No quick or easy resolution to the Trans Mountain pipeline question
Mark Winfield | Sep 14, 2018 | in Renewable Energy
The Trans Mountain pipeline court decision will test just how long Prime Minister Justin Trudeau can maintain his energy-environment balancing act.
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Paper Princess/Yoshi Matsuzaki Photo; Michelle Sin Design
Wear the Change
Michelle Sin | Sep 13, 2018 | in A\J Special Delivery
Project: Trashion aims to rethink waste in the fashion industry, one work of art (and dumpster dive) at a time.
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Narwhals surfacing in Nunavut/Paul Nicklen — Provided by WWF-Canada
On the Hunt for Narwhals
Hai Lin Wang | Sep 5, 2018 | in The Wild Side
Government researchers and World Wildlife Fund experts seek to uncover elusive narwhal activities at Tallurutiup Tariunga.
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Growing coffee in Colombia/Eddy Milfort
Coffee farmers struggle to adapt to Colombia’s changing climate
Jessica Eise
Natalie White
| Aug 24, 2018 | in Think Global
Deep in the Andes Mountains, where growing coffee is a multi-billion business, the creeping impacts of global warming are threatening a way of life.
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Smoke blocks out the sun above a wildfire blaze in Colorado/DVIDSHUB CC BY
Policies on petroleum and pipelines move us closer to a ‘Hothouse Canada’
Simon Dalby | Aug 23, 2018 | in Renewable Energy
Propping up the old economy can only lead to 'Hothouse Earth'. But it's not a foregone conclusion.
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Toronto's waterfront/Photo by Eugene Aikimov on Unsplash
Building housing on flood plains another sign of growing inequality
Deborah de Lange | Aug 22, 2018 | in Current Events
Major urban centres around the world are having honest conversations about the risks of building in flood plains. But not in Toronto.
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Busy streets in Bangkok, ThailandPhoto by Dan Freeman on Unsplash
‘Overpopulation’ and the environment: three ideas on how to discuss it in a sensitive way
David P. M. Lam
Rebecca Laycock Pedersen
| Aug 21, 2018 | in Think Global
New ways of thinking about "overpopulation" can help make sure you're doing it right.
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Endless bottle caps as plastic pollution/NOAA Photo Library
Tons of plastic trash enter the Great Lakes every year – where does it go?
Christy Tyler
Matthew J. Hoffman
| Aug 20, 2018 | in EcoLogic
Strong winds break up plastic patches in the Great Lakes, leading researchers (and clean up crews) to target shorelines.
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Che Cu Nha commune in Vietnam/Doan Tuan on Unsplash
How to conserve half the planet without going hungry
Erle C. Ellis
Navin Ramankutty
Zia Mehrabi
| Aug 17, 2018 | in EcoLogic
Can we manage landscapes effectively to balance agriculture and nature conservation?
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