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Fewer people doesn’t always mean better outcomes for nature – just look at Japan
Biodiversity continued to decrease in most of the areas we studied, irrespective of population increase or decrease. Only ...
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From ridges to reefs, small island states lead with big environmental moves
UNEP and small island states are working together to restore nature and boost climate resilience for a safer, sustainable ...
Farming within Earth's limits is still possible—but it will take a Herculean effort
Worldwide, farming is responsible for more than 20% of greenhouse gas emissions and uses more than 70% of all fresh water ...
Central Asia faces 'extreme unsustainability' as land and biosphere limits breached, study warns
A new study delivers a stark warning that Central Asia has overshot its environmental safety limits concerning land footprint ...
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What does climate change mean for agriculture? Less food and more emissions.
They found that, even with improvements in agricultural productivity (due to technological improvements like new seed ...
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SMAP L3 Radiometer Global and Northern Hemisphere Daily 36 km EASE-Grid Freeze/Thaw State, Version 4 - National Snow and Ice Data Center
This Level-3 (L3) product provides a daily composite of landscape freeze/thaw conditions retrieved by the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) radiometer from 6:00 a.m. descending and 6:00 p.m.