Environment
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The death of open access mega-journals? | Justin Jackson
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Justin Jackson -- Phys.org March 29, 2023 The entire scientific publishing world is currently undergoing a massive stress test of quantity vs. quality, open access (free) vs. institutional subscriptions (paywall), and how to best judge the integrity of a publication. The traditional model in scientific journal publishing has historically been to collect fees from universities and research institu ...
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How to Green Our Parched Farmlands & Finance Critical Infrastructure | Ellen Brown
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Drought-stricken farmland in California. Ellen Brown -- Web of Debt Sept. 2, 2022 There are work-arounds the United States can use to fund affordable housing, drought responses, and other urgently-ne ...
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Scientists Recommend Checkpoints System To Help Guide Climate Engineering Research | Brookhaven National Laboratory
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This graphic describes checkpoints and off ramps to guide research on marine cloud brightening as a proposed strategy for mitigating the impacts of climate change. Credit: NOAA Jan. 20, 2022 (Phys.or ...
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Bill Gates Should Know Better: How the Israeli Occupation Ravages the Environment in Palestine | Ramzy Baroud
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American business magnate Bill Gates (L) with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. (Photo: video grab) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Nov. 10, 2021 Those who are not familiar with how Israel, pa ...
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A New Water Source That Could Make Drought a Thing of the Past | Ellen Brown
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Oceans of water are beneath our feet, and new technologies are extracting it economically without ecological damage. Oct. 1, 2021 (Web of Debt) -- Lack of fresh water is now a global crisis. Water sh ...
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The System Isn't Broken, It’s Fixed — Mickey Z.
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(The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of World News Trust) Mickey Z. — World News Trust August 29, 2021 Both chronic stress and manipulativ ...
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Greed and Consumption: Why the World is Burning | Ramzy Baroud
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NSW Fire and Rescue officers fight a bushfire encroaching on properties in Australia in December 2019. (Photo: via AJE) Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aug. 17, 2021 Rome is scorching hot. This beau ...
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RNA breakthrough creates crops that can grow 50% more potatoes, rice | University of Chicago
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Credit: CC0 Public Domain July 22, 2021 (Phys.org) -- Manipulating RNA can allow plants to yield dramatically more crops, as well as increasing drought tolerance, a group of scientists from the Unive ...
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Let There Be Light (Pollution) — Mickey Z.
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(Mickey Z.) Mickey Z. — World News Trust May 21, 2021 “And God said, Let there be light: and there was light/And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness” (Gen ...
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Wanna lose your mind? The sea squirts have it all figured out — Mickey Z.
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Mickey Z. — World News Trust May 17, 2021 “These big brains are more burden than bargain.” (Kurt Vonnegut) In your life, you may face no greater nemesis than your own mind. The tradeoffs for these la ...
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Moderate Geomagnetic Storm Watch For Sunday 25 April 2021 | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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April 22, 2021 (NOAA) -- NOAA issued a G2 (moderate) geomagnetic storm watch for Sunday 25 April 2021. A partial halo Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) was associated with a C3 flare from Region 2816 at 22 ...
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