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Fighting wildfires is going high-tech
Credit: Deep Rajwar on Pexels Last December, farmers were burning dry vines in a vineyard in Deli Mar Moussa, a hill town more than a dozen miles east of Beirut. It is known for its monastery built in the 18th century and its pine forest. This is usually dangerous, given Lebanon’s hot, dry climate, where a spark can quickly turn…
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Fighting air pollution could affect soil carbon stocks and contribute to climate change
Distribution of study sites across the geographic range of northern hardwood forests in Michigan, USA. These locations were selected because of their similar flora and inflorescence characteristics. Credit: Ecology (2024). DOI: 10.1002/ecy.4444 Decades-old policies aimed at improving air quality may also be accelerating global climate change, a recent study published in the journal Ecology warns. For generations, atmospheric nitrogen pollution…
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Report: Reducing methane emissions key to fighting climate change and harmful ozone layer
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Many human activities release methane into the atmosphere. Agriculture, landfills, wastewater, and fossil fuel production and distribution are the largest sources of methane. These account for approximately 60% of global methane emissions, with the remaining 40% coming from natural sources. Like carbon dioxide (CO2), methane is a potent greenhouse gas and is estimated to be responsible…
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