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 E-Mail The University of Leeds has coordinated a study with 170 experts from 35 countries, including E.T.S. Agronomic Engineering lecturer Luis Perez Urrestarazu. The study conclusions have just been published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution. The researchers highlighted opportunities to improve the way green spaces are monitored and maintained and helping people to interact with and appreciate the natural world around them. Similarly, as autonomous vehicles become more widely used ...

Nature-based Solutions Vital to Mitigating Conflict-linked Environmental Damage When the dust settles after wars and armed conflicts, people are eager to rebuild their lives and livelihoods in the wake of the devastation wrought upon their country. Often one issue is largely absent in post-conflict reconstruction and development planning: addressing conflict-linked destruction of the environment.  Not only is the environment a “silent victim of armed conflict,” people often overlook it, de...

The Over-whale-ming Plastic Problem Plastic pollution has infiltrated every ecosystem in every ocean on the planet, but perhaps the most iconic organisms impacted are the whales. The problem is monumental. For example, consider the blue whale. Our most optimistic estimates put the global blue whale population size at about 25,000 individuals (down 89 percent since before commercial whaling began in 1911). Based on recent estimates, an amount of plastic waste equivalent to about 3.5 times the we...

A New Year Brings Enduring Challenges: Financing for Water and Sanitation Utilities During COVID-19 Eleven months have passed since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). As we rang in the new year, the world surpassed two million deaths due to COVID-19. While it is encouraging that 77 countries have distributed 168 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, only a small fraction of these are in low-income countries. Vaccinations may not be widely distributed in mo...

Credit: FEFU press office Preparing regular concrete scientists replaced ordinary water with water concentrate of bacteria Bacillus cohnii, which survived in the pores of cement stone. The cured concrete was tested for compression until it cracked, then researchers observed how the bacteria fixed the gaps restoring the strength of the concrete. The engineers of the Polytechnic Institute of Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU), together with colleagues from Russia, India, and Saudi Arabia, repo...

Top investment banks expect increase to continue

 E-Mail IMAGE: New book shows that dance can help people reimagine their relationships with their homes and workplaces view more  Credit: Palgrave Macmillan Author Dr Victoria Hunter explores synergies between material bodies and material sites University of Chichester lecturer presents various suggestions for engaging with sites through the moving body A NEW book explores how dance and movement can re-position relationships between individuals and the sites they live and work in and ...

SIXTH TONE SIXTH TONE The Man Shepherding China’s Best Zoo Through Its Worst Year Balancing animals’ dignity and visitors’ entertainment was already a tall order, and then the pandemic hit. This story is part of a weekend column featuring translations from respected Chinese media outlets, as selected and edited by Sixth Tone. All are reproduced with the outlets’ permission. A version of this article was first published in . JIANGSU, East China — Last year during the pandemic, when Nan...

Top Biden Climate Advisor, Others Preview 2021 Energy and Enviro News   . A recording of the 2021 Journalists’ Guide Event can be found here. White House climate advisor Gina McCarthy gave an exclusive preview of the Biden administration’s Jan. 27 rollout of climate initiatives to more than 1,100 journalists, environmental experts and others watching a virtual program organized the same day by Society of Environmental Journalists.  The SEJ’s ninth annual Journalists’ Guide to Energy...

Michigan Tech engineers look into the untapped potential of parking lots in a study that investigates the energy-related benefits of developing charging stations powered with solar canopies built into the parking infrastructure of large-scale retailers like Walmart.