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- May 17, 2018
Where the Water Is
UN University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton Canada (op-ed published by Project Syndicate) Sustainable Development Goal 6 calls for universal access to clean water
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- May 14, 2018
Global forests expanding: Reflects wellbeing, not rising CO2, experts say
University of Helsinki, Finland Study finds virtually no correlation between higher levels of atmospheric CO2 and nations’ forest expansion/decline; difference mirrors the UN Human Development
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- April 19, 2018
Thousands of tons of e-waste is shipped illegally to Nigeria inside used vehicles
United Nations University, Bonn / Tokyo About three-fourths of 60,000 tons of used electronic equipment shipped to Nigeria in both 2015 and 2016 originated from
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- April 5, 2018
World added far more solar than fossil fuel power generating capacity in 2017
UN Environment, Paris / Nairobi China leads with more than half of world’s new solar capacity; global solar investment jumps 18 percent to $160.8 billion;
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- March 26, 2018
Worsening worldwide land degradation now ‘critical,’ undermining well-being of 3.2 billion people
IPBES, Bonn 26 March, 2018 Main cause of species loss; driver of the migration of millions of people by 2050 In landmark 3-year assessment report,
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- March 23, 2018
IPBES: Biodiversity and nature’s contributions continue dangerous decline, scientists warn
IPBES, Bonn 23 March 2018 Human well-being at risk; Landmark reports highlight options to protect and restore nature and its vital contributions to people Biodiversity —
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- January 17, 2018
New EU ‘urban mining’ tools map valuable resources in e-waste, scrap vehicles, mine waste
Project ProSUM, Brussels Standardized, consolidated data helps to identify recovery potential of secondary raw materials worth € billions wasted annually Expert European organizations have united
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- December 13, 2017
World e-waste rises 8 percent by weight in 2 years as incomes rise, prices fall: UN
UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY, Bonn / INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION, Geneva / INTERNATIONAL SOLID WASTE ASSOCIATION, Vienna E-waste per capita rises 5 percent from 2014 to 2016;
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- August 1, 2017
Big data points humanity to new minerals, new deposits
Carnegie Science / Deep Carbon Observatory, Washington DC The private lives of minerals: Understanding how and where minerals hook up helps predict discovery; At least
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- July 2, 2017
The Peace Builders of Northern Kenya; Model Expands to Other African Nations
Shalom Center for Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation, Nairobi Founded by Ireland’s Fr. Patrick Devine in aftermath of national post-election violence, Kenya’s Shalom Centre pioneers successful formula
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- May 26, 2017
Ontario town’s 10-year, $2.7 million effort to save endangered turtles offers global lessons, template
Long Point Causeway Improvement Project, Long Point, Canada 89 percent fewer turtles venture onto Lake Erie’s Long Point Causeway A newly completed project in a remote
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- April 12, 2017
Scientists track fish migration using DNA in water samples
Rockefeller University, Program for the Human Environment, NY Naked DNA in water tells if fish have arrived Scientists demonstrate harmless, economical new way to log
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- April 6, 2017
UN-backed report: Record new renewable power capacity added worldwide at lower cost
UN Environment, Paris / Nairobi Global investment of $241.6 billion (excluding large hydro), 23 percent less than 2015, brought 138.5GW of new renewable power capacity
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- March 1, 2017
Catalog of 208 human-caused minerals bolsters argument to declare ‘Anthropocene Epoch’
Carnegie Science – Deep Carbon Observatory, Washington DC Humans: The greatest contributor to diversity of minerals since oxygen; Officially recognized minerals, formed by nature: More than 5,000;
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- February 28, 2017
Gene tests may help maximize early child development: Study
Grand Challenges Canada / Saving Brains Program, Toronto In study, children with a particular genetic variation were 4 times more likely to develop strong attachment to mother
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- January 16, 2017
Micronutrient supplements during pregnancy linked to smarter kids
Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto Maternal Micronutrients, Nurturing Environment Boost Child Development Mothers who take multi-micronutrient supplements during pregnancy can add the equivalent of up to
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- January 15, 2017
E-waste in East and Southeast Asia jumps 63 percent in 5 years
UN University, Sustainable Cycles Programme — Bonn, Germany Per capita consumption of gadgets, appliances, other products with a cord or battery, rising quickly with incomes; Report
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- December 27, 2016
‘Friendship Bench’: A Blueprint for Tackling Developing World’s Mental Health Crisis
Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto In Zimbabwe, Friendship Bench therapy reduces prevalence of depression to less than 14 percent, compared to 50 percent in control group; First
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- December 12, 2016
Kangaroo mother care helps premature babies thrive 20 years later — study
Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto Study funded by Saving Brains shows Kangaroo Mother Care kids 20 years later are better behaved, have larger brains, higher paycheques,
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- December 4, 2016
Torture: Rehabilitation experts from 80 nations meet in Mexico City
International Rehabilitation Council For Torture Victims, Copenhagen 100+ presentations on cases worldwide, from Syria, Central America, Africa, Guantanamo Bay; Sexual violence as torture; Treatment and
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- October 19, 2016
Exploring vast ‘submerged America,’ marine scientists discover 500 bubbling methane vents
Nat’l Ocean Exploration Forum – New York 19 Oct 2016 Mysterious purple orb — likened to a disco ball — may prove to be a new-to-science
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- September 2, 2016
Experts warn booming seaweed industry
United Nations University – Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada Beyond sushi wrap: Expanding number of valuable uses drives astonishing growth of seaweed