What does this mean? Once mature, these new forests could store 205 billion tonnes of carbon: about two thirds of the 300 billion tonnes of carbon that has been released into the atmosphere as a result of human activity since the Industrial Revolution. Given this immense impact on climate change, the Crowther Lab’s data, recently published …
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Dinesh Saravanan, a Chennai-based software engineer and active social worker attempted to green the hills surrounding Vellore by strewing seed balls made by a group of friends last weekend. His initiative had received good response and his group got invitations from Gudiyattam and Ranipet to implement the idea in those areas, sources said. Article Credit: …
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It is obviously a problem if even the highest point in the world is being turned into a dumping ground. Sometime ago, we reported that 11 tonnes of waste was cleared from Mount Everest, which is covered with everything from human excrement, used oxygen bottles, torn tents, ropes, broken ladders, cans and plastic wrappers left behind …
Ozone depletion in the stratosphere continues to affect not only ultraviolet (UV) radiation levels at the Earth’s surface but also climate in the Southern Hemisphere, an international study reports. The paper, published 25 June in Nature Sustainability, reports on the complex interactions between ozone depletion, UV radiation and climate change, and how they impact human health, food and …
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