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Aug 13 2020August 13, 2020

Seaweed replaced with tropical coral as global warming hits Japanese waters

Leave a Comment / Climate Change, CSR, Save Earth / By SLSV / August 13, 2020 August 13, 2020

KYONAN, CHIBA PREF. – Tropical corals are increasing and seaweed beds nurturing sea creatures have disappeared in the sea south of Tokyo Bay, local divers and fishers have found, showing the impact of global warming on Japanese waters. In the waters off Kyonan in Chiba Prefecture, seaweed beds have disappeared over the past 12 years, while …

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Aug 12 2020August 12, 2020

How a teen changed his stepdad’s mind about global warming

Leave a Comment / ChangeMaker, Climate Change / By SLSV / August 12, 2020 August 12, 2020

Both used to think the problem was a hoax. Children’s beliefs are often shaped by their parents. But sometimes, young people influence the adults in their lives. Lance Lawson is a recent high school graduate from Florida. For a long time, he believed climate change was a hoax because that’s what his stepdad said. But …

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Aug 12 2020August 12, 2020

Climate change: Record-breaking summers ‘a danger to human health’

Leave a Comment / Climate Change, CSR / By SLSV / August 12, 2020 August 12, 2020

Temperatures in the UK reached 36°C on Friday, the hottest recorded August temperature in 17 years coming just a week after the hottest day of the year recorded so far. Having record-breaking summers will become a certainty due to climate change, experts have warned. Just a week after Britain recorded the third warmest day on record …

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Aug 11 2020August 11, 2020

Hong Kong study finds hungry fish creating microplastics at faster rate than previously thought

Leave a Comment / Climate Change, CSR, Environment, No Plastic, Save Earth / By SLSV / August 11, 2020 August 11, 2020

City University associate professor Dr Cheung Siu-gin makes discovery while collecting fragments for other research WWF-Hong Kong researcher says results show just how big the plastics problem is Sea animals could be chewing on ocean plastic waste and creating microplastics at a faster rate than previously thought, a Hong Kong researcher has found. Dr Cheung …

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Aug 7 2020August 7, 2020

An effective climate change solution may lie in rocks beneath our feet

Leave a Comment / Climate Change, CSR / By SLSV / August 7, 2020 August 7, 2020

Why has Earth’s climate remained so stable over geological time? The answer just might rock you. Rocks, particularly the types created by volcanic activity, play a critical role in keeping Earth’s long-term climate stable and cycling carbon dioxide between land, oceans and the atmosphere. Scientists have known for decades that rock weathering — the chemical breakdown of …

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