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UBC Team Develops Greener Way to Produce Clothing Fibres

A UBC team has developed a cleaner, more sustainable way to produce rayon—a fabric that’s been popular for over a century but has long relied on harsh chemical processes.

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Rethinking Climate Migration

As rising temperatures, intensifying storms, increased flooding, and land degradation impact communities, residents in vulnerable areas are navigating difficult questions: Do they stay and adapt, or should they leave?

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Second Thoughts on Secondhand? Why the Resale Market is Expanding Fashion’s Carbon Footprint

Buying and selling unwanted clothes on secondhand markets is widely hailed as a sustainable way to reduce the consumption of new clothes and alleviate the environmental damage caused by the fashion industry, one of the world’s most carbon-intensive sectors.

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When Spending Less Delivers More Climate-Friendly Nutrition

Eating healthy can save money and also cause less greenhouse gas emissions than most people’s current food choices, according to a new global study that examined food costs, nutrition, and climate impact around the world.

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A New ‘Hypertropical’ Climate Is Emerging in the Amazon

Unprecedented hot drought conditions are becoming more common, exposing trees to deadly stress and reducing the region’s ability to absorb anthropogenic carbon dioxide.

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Sky-High Smoke

Wildfire smoke lofted into atmosphere could affect Earth’s climate.

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Fermentation Makes Ocean Greens More Palatable

Seaweed has long been praised as a sustainable superfood, but its characteristic 'fishy' flavor has been a barrier for many Western consumers. 

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Artificial Turf in the Nordic Climate – A Question of Sustainability

Artificial turf football pitches are better than natural turf from a sustainability perspective – at least as long as the artificial turf material is recycled and the natural turf is cut using fossil fuel-powered lawn mowers. 

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Nearly 8,000 Animal Species at Risk as Extreme Heat and Land-Use Change Collide

Almost 8,000 animal species could be pushed closer to extinction by the end of this century as the interacting effects of climate change-driven extreme heat and human land-use change create increasingly unsuitable conditions across their habitats, according to new research from a international research team led by Dr Reut Vardi of the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford.

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New Ideas for Improving Photosynthesis in Agricultural Environments

Field trials show that applying T6P as a foliar spray can increase photosynthesis by adjusting the balance between supply (photosynthetic sugar production) and demand (growth processes requiring sugars).

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