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The Center for Biological Diversity and the Natural Resources Defense Council submitted a petition for rule-making to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...

Si el calentamiento sigue alcanzando los 3 °C (para 2060) y los 5,7 °C (para 2100), la extinción humana es segura. El informe llega tras una serie de fenómenos meteorológicos extremos: inundaciones en China y Alemania, incendios en el Mediterráneo y temperaturas extremas en todo el mundo

Capitaloceno: la desigualdad de las emisiones contaminantes, de la riqueza y del ingreso Debido al detrimento energético y material a causa de las acciones humanas, la época geológica actual ha sido nombrada por los expertos como Antropoceno. Este término acuñado por Crutzen y Stoermer (2000) intenta expresar la perturbación de los ciclos químicos a raíz de la actividad humana y que sitúa a la humanidad como la fuerza geológica responsable de las grandes emisiones contaminantes. Para ...

The United Nations has been in the forefront of an ongoing battle against the growing hazards of climate change, including the destruction of different species of plants and animals, the danger of ris

A new analysis reveals the regions where new coronaviruses may be most likely to spread from wildlife to humans.

Scientists mapped regions where new coronaviruses may be most likely to spread from wildlife to people.

Investors and businesses urged to address $700bn nature-based solutions finance gap A new report has warned that a $700bn investment gap into "Nature-based Solutions" needs to be addressed in order to meet wider net-zero goals and combat the climate crisis. Estimates suggest that financing this market will reach $854bn annually by 2030 to halt natural degradation The findings come from the Green Purposes Company (GPC), a not-for-profit dedicated to safeguarding the aims of the Green Investment ...

The writer is director of intergovernmental affairs, United Nations Environment Programme. FOR millennia, humans have benefited from nature’s generosity without caring much for it. Now, this one-sided relationship has become untenable, especially with an economic paradigm that treats nature with disdain. Human actions are destroying nature and causing biodiversity loss at an alarming rate. This is double trouble for a planet already under assault from a ferocious climate crisis. However, unli...

22 February 2021 - Wits University The NRF has re-awarded A-ratings to four Wits scientists, a grading which confirms that they are recognised as leading international scholars in their fields. The A-ratings of Professor Christopher Henshilwood, Professor Bruce Rubidge, Professor Bob Scholes, and Professor Roger Smith apply from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2026. According to the National Research Foundation (NRF), an A-rating indicates “researchers who are unequivocally recognised by their ...

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