Importance Of Environment
In order for us to live sustainably the structures that meet our basic needs must work towards regeneration rather than consumption and depletion. We wanted to find what alternatives exist to buying food at the supermarket which in their current form encourage destructive farming practices. I’ve been studying sustainable farming systems for over 25 years …
Did you know that the Earth’s average temperature has risen over one degree Fahrenheit in the past century? It might not sound like much, but think about it this way: A one-degree rise in your body temperature can lead to a fever. Five degrees can land you in the hospital. So guess what? Our Earth …
THIS STORY. WE’LL BRING YOU ANY NEW INFORMATION AS SOON AS WE GET IT. BARRY: SPRINGFIELD IS FORMING A GROUP FOCUSED ON RESOLVING ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN THE CITY. INCOMING CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUSTIN HURST AND CITY COUNCILOR JESSE LEDERMAN TODAY ANNOUNCED THE CREATION OF A COMMITTEE ON SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT. THEY’LL FOCUS ON IMPROVING AIR …
My name is Nick Voulvoulis. I’m a Professor of Environmental Technology here at Imperial College in the Centre for Environmental Policy. My work is mainly on the interface between human systems and natural systems; so understanding how we interact with the environment and live more sustainably. The problems we face around the planet has to …
Over the past 100 years, air temperatures near the surface in the Arctic have increased about twice as fast as the global average. The spring melting of Arctic snow and ice is starting earlier, the melt season lasts longer, and sea ice extent has decreased. When the reflective snow and ice melts, darker land and …
Through the Paris climate agreement European governments reaffirmed their commitment to limit greenhouse gases and achieve net zero carbon emissions by the second half of this century. This will require moving away from fossil fuels. EU member states have also committed to phasing out harmful fossil fuel subsidies by 2020, but our new research shows …
The Montreal Protocol has been a great success at banning the production of ozone-depleting substances. And we know this because we’ve been measuring those substances at the Earth’s surface since the 1980s or even before, in some cases. So before the Montreal Protocol, ozone-depleting substances at the surface were going up rapidly. Once the Protocol …
Today I will talk about a genius of chemistry. The master of pollution! The man who prevented our car engines of exploding. He was such a poisoner! The guy who permitted to our fridges to works well without exploding. You mean this guy who made the big hole in the ozone layer? A genius of …
In this classroom is over a hundred first-year Environment students and they’re in their last class of the term. So we thought we would transform the Minto Atrium into something a little more festive to help them celebrate the end of the term, give them a welcome break before the start of exams and also …
The National Environmental Policy Act, also known as NEPA, is an environmental law that established the decision-making process agencies must follow prior to the design and construction of transportation projects that use Federal funding or require Federal approval. Following the right process or class of action is vital to properly completing the NEPA process. The …