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As fossil fuels consumption has increased over the last century, so have greenhouse gas emissions, contributing to climate change and global warming. In our new book “Water Quality Impacts of the Energy-Water Nexus,” we highlight another byproduct of our dependence on fossil fuels – that is, the tremendous amount of water that is required for extracting and producing electricity from fossil fuels.
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The essence of biological complexity is communication - a transmission of information between the component parts of an association. But what is the nature of this information and how do genomes co-operate to form a complex web?
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On this day we consider mountain ecosystems, peoples, wild species, water and weather, and salute their vital role in sustaining life and livelihoods. We also renew our commitment to saving montane environments from the casual abuses of lowland power and ignorance
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«The most reliable and trustworthy geophysical tool is a geological hammer!» This remarkable statement of his father, an experienced geologist, Nick Bagdassarov had to hear many times in his childhood.
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Now we remember millions of species that died from centuries of war with nature. But we can learn from this, and build peace with nature instead. We've done this many times before, and to do so again we must remember and restore the old ways of harmony and sufficiency.
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The more small groups there are, and the more they talk with each other, the more valuable they all become, to each other, to local and national governments, and to the future.
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International agreements on climate change are compromises between everyone knowing that something must be done and no one being willing to pay for it.
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The book pulls together the key elements and issues about the transition to low carbon, climate-adapted economy in one volume. ‘Transitioning to a Prosperous, Resilient and Carbon-Free Economy: A Guide for Decision-Makers’ arrives at a decisive moment for the international efforts to tackle the climate crisis – in the wake of the pivotal International energy […]
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