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Climate Change Linked with Increase in Fungal Pathogens

Endemic mycoses, or fungal pathogens that lead to a wide range of diseases in humans, are expected to become more common in the coming decade, partly due to climate change.

22 Nov 2022

Rock Coasts Likely to Retreat More Rapidly Due to Accelerating Sea Level Rise

Rock coasts, which make up over half the world's coastlines, could retreat more rapidly in the future due to accelerating sea level rise.

19 Nov 2022

Epigenetic Memories of Plants Aid Adaption to Climate Change

Animals have the potential for rapid adaptation to survive detrimental environmental conditions. Also, there is a huge increase in evidence to show that plants can also do the same.

18 Nov 2022

Blue Carbon Venture Agrees First One Billion Tonne Carbon Removal Deal

Seafields, the UK aquaculture business that aims to remove billions of tonnes (1Gt) of CO2 from the atmosphere with a hyper-scale seaweed farm, has announced it will tokenize its annual goal of one billion carbon removal credits in an exclusive deal with pioneering blockchain marketplace, JustCarbon.

18 Nov 2022

People with Neurologic Diseases Experience Worsening Symptoms Due to Climate Change

People with neurologic diseases like headache, dementia, multiple sclerosis (MS) and Parkinson's disease may experience worsening symptoms due to climate change, according to a scoping review of research published in the November 16, 2022, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

17 Nov 2022

Study Quantifies the Amplitude of Past Global Temperature Fluctuations

The Earth's climate has undergone some big changes, from global volcanism to planet-cooling ice ages and dramatic shifts in solar radiation. And yet life, for the last 3.7 billion years, has kept on beating.

17 Nov 2022

Yanmar Delivers Methanation Gas Compatible Micro Cogeneration System to Tokyo Gas

Yanmar Energy System Co., Ltd. a group company of Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd. has delivered a 35kW output micro cogeneration system fueled by methanation gas (synthetic methane*) as part of a demonstration facility at the Yokohama Techno Station of Tokyo Gas Co. A demonstration test unit was delivered on September 14, 2022.

From Yanmar Co., Ltd 17 Nov 2022

SC Johnson Professional Launches New Washroom Soap Dispenser Made from 70% Recovered Coastal Plastic

SC Johnson Professional is launching a new washroom soap dispenser made from recovered coastal plastic. The SCJ Professional® Proline WAVE 1 litre washroom soap dispenser is made from 70% recovered coastal plastic, which is post-consumer recycled waste plastic collected on land within 31 miles of an ocean so that it does not reach oceans or landfills.

17 Nov 2022

Examining Patterns of Species Diversity and Determinants in Deciduous Broad-Leaved Forest

The Qinling Mountains, which tend to run east-west and serve as the geographical boundary between southern and northern China as well as the climatic demarcation line present between the warm and subtropical temperate zones in China, are of ecological importance in biodiversity study.

16 Nov 2022

Midway Update from Carbon Removals at COP

The 27th Conference of Parties (COP27) continues for a second week in Sharm El-Sheik, with discussions now moving to loss, damage – in which carbon removals can play a critical role.

From Carbon Removals at COP 16 Nov 2022