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Environmental News Network -- Know Your Environment
Since antiquity, cultures around the world have been extracting vegetable oil from plants to use as food and fuel. Some vegetable oils have important health benefits, including lowering cholesterol levels and decreasing the risk of cardiovascular disease.
Climate change is expected to make many grape-growing regions too hot and dry to produce high-quality wine from traditional varieties.
Climate change and rising sea levels are breaking down the ecosystems that protect coastal communities. Texas A&M researchers have found their threshold for recovery is lower than previously thought.
Research-grade air quality sensors are costly—around $40,000. For cities trying to monitor their greenhouse gas emissions, the cost may limit the number of sensors they can install and the data they can collect.
The storm is the second category 5 in the South Pacific this year.
New UBC Okanagan research is changing the way aircraft and wind turbine operators are addressing the risks related to ice build-up.
