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Bacteria May Become Plastic Pathfinders

February 22nd, 2022 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

Millions of tons of plastic are dumped in the environment annually, and reducing that amount is critical. A study by [&hellip

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Environment Damaged by Winter Road Salt

February 22nd, 2022 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

Road crews in regions impacted by snow and ice dump around 25 metric tons of salt on roadways annually, reducing [&hellip

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Flip Side of Melting Glaciers May Benefit Salmon

February 22nd, 2022 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

More than 300 melting glaciers between British Columbia and Alaska have the potential to create 3,800 miles of new salmon [&hellip

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Sustainably Coping with Sea Level Rise

February 22nd, 2022 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

In the coastal nation of the Netherlands, mostly built on reclaimed land—a third of which is below sea level—Amsterdam has [&hellip

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People of Faith Find Deep Connection to the Environment

February 22nd, 2022 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

Most of the world’s organized religious sects contain a doctrine or reference to preserving the environment. Abrahamic religions view humans [&hellip

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Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) Now Labeled as Bioengineered (BE)

February 22nd, 2022 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

As part of a process begun in 2018, the U.S. Department of Agriculture labeling rule for food products altered at [&hellip

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Solar Canopies Green Urban Parking Lots

January 25th, 2022 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

When large collections of photovoltaic panels are erected as solar farms on undeveloped land, they can harm underlying ecosystems. As [&hellip

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Airplanes Soar on the Power of Sunlight

January 25th, 2022 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

Carbon-neutral fuels are crucial for making air and sea transport sustainable. Aldo Steinfeld, professor of renewable energy sources at Eidgenössische [&hellip

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Unfettered Felines Pose Toxic Hazard to Wildlife

January 25th, 2022 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

A study by the University of British Columbia published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B discovered that free-roaming cats are likely [&hellip