The International Seabed Authority (ISA) has begun issuing exploration licenses for mining the yet untouched floor of international waters raising concerns about potential environmental impacts. The licenses, issued on 21 July, grant prospecting rights for underwater minerals to private and state-owned companies from Brazil, Cook Islands, Germany, India, Russia, Singapore and the United Kingdom.
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¿Cómo puede un fabricante reformular un producto de limpieza que contenga menos productos quÃmicos nocivos, y cómo puede un comerciante llenar sus estantes con mercancÃa más respetuosa del medio ambiente? UL (Underwriters Laboratories), una compañÃa de pruebas de seguridad y certificación de productos, piensa que puede tener una solución: un conjunto de herramientas de datos que ayuda a las empresas a buscar y elegir los ingredientes y productos en función de sus perfiles de responsabilidad social y ambiental.
Gestionado por la recientemente formada división de Información y Análisis de UL...
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Los investigadores en Japón han diseñado una membrana con funciones avanzadas capaces de eliminar los gases nocivos de efecto invernadero de la atmósfera. Sus hallazgos, publicados en la revista británica Nature Communications, algún dÃa podrán contribuir a reducir las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero y a tener los cielos más limpios.
Los gases de efecto invernadero, procedentes de los procesos...
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In one year, India's ozone pollution damaged millions of tons of the country's major crops, causing losses of more than a billion dollars and destroying enough food to feed tens of millions of people living below the poverty line. These are findings of a new study that looked at the agricultural effects in 2005 of high concentrations of ground-level ozone, a plant-damaging pollutant formed by emissions from vehicles, cooking stoves and other sources. Able to acquire accurate crop production data for 2005, the study's authors chose it as a year representative of the effects of ozone damage over the first decade of the 21st century.
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How can a manufacturer reformulate a cleaning product to contain fewer harmful chemicals, and how can a retailer stock its shelves with more eco-friendly merchandise? UL (Underwriters Laboratories), a product safety testing and certification company, thinks it may have a solution: a set of data tools that helps businesses search and choose ingredients and products based on their environmental and social responsibility profiles.
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Mothers who live in neighborhoods with plenty of grass, trees or other green vegetation are more likely to deliver at full term and their babies are born at higher weights, compared to mothers who live in urban areas that aren’t as green, a new study shows.
The findings held up even when results were adjusted for factors such as neighborhood income, exposure to air pollution, noise, and neighborhood walkability, according to researchers at Oregon State University and the University of British Columbia.
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