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Using Google Earth images, researchers developed model mapping global drivers of forest loss. More than a fourth of global forest loss from 2001 to 2015 is permanent deforestation from commodity-driven agriculture, meaning these areas likely will not be forested...
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News from WRI | Article by Nancy Harris, Elizabeth Dow Goldman, Mikaela Weisse and Alyssa Barrett The narrative is not a new one: The world is losing tree cover at an alarming rate, and the effects on biodiversity, the climate and indigenous communities cannot...
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News from BBC | Article by Edison Veiga From Rome to BBC News Brazil In the last decades, the effort to preserve the environment seems to have been incorporated, to a greater or lesser degree, by governments, companies and citizens. But, according to a study published...
by TSC Webmaster | Aug 13, 2018 | News
Paper coffee cups have a thin layer of plastic on the inside to prevent leaking. It’s a well-engineered vessel, but difficult to recycle. Credit: Steven Davy/PRI News from PRI’S The WorldAugust 13, 2018 You go to the coffee shop and take your coffee to go. You...
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Timothy Fadek | Bloomberg | Getty Images A customer walks down an aisle displaying bottles of laundry detergent for sale at a Walmart Inc. store in Secaucus, New Jersey. News from CNBCAugust 13, 2018 What a difference the birth of a granddaughter can make. For Lee...