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Intertek Highlights Degradation And Stabilization Of Plastic Materials
2016-02-22 05:53:31| chemicalonline Home Page
Intertek, a leading quality solutions provider to industries worldwide, will host a seminar addressing the challenges of polymer degradation through stabilization and advanced polymer testing. The seminar will review the root causes and processes of degradation across the plastic supply chain, from resin production to final application in a range of products, and will highlight solutions to minimize the impact of factors affecting polymer performance
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World loses trillions of dollars worth of nature's benefits each year due to land degradation
2015-09-15 12:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] To better inform the tradeoffs involved in land use choices around the world, experts have assessed the value of ecosystem services provided by land resources such as food, poverty reduction, clean water, climate and disease regulation and nutrients cycling. Their report today estimates the value of ecosystem services worldwide forfeited due to land degradation at a staggering US $6.3 trillion to $10.6 trillion annually, or the equivalent of 10-17% of global GDP. <…
Naomi Klein: Toxic Ideology Market Fundamentalism Blame Degradation of Planetary System
2015-09-08 21:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Naomi Klein, author of the critically acclaimed book, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate, spoke at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas in Sydney, Australia last weekend. The annual event "brings leading thinkers and culture creators from around the world to the Sydney Opera House stages and online to discuss and debate the important ideas of our time." video now out -- Naomi Klein at Festival of Dangerous Ideas http://t.co/gOXRfcKE5P @NaomiAKlein @IdeasattheHouse #FODI pic.twitter.com/NmVLZnpdW2...
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UN chief warns of continuous land degradation
2015-06-17 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Xinhua: The city of Irvine, California, for example, has extensively studied its aquifer. They know how low they can let the aquifer go before needing to either stop pumping or to supplement supply, Richey said. There's a paper that says basically you can't manage what you don't know and right now we aren't really managing groundwater well, if at all. Lance Larson, a science center fellow at the Natural Resources Defense Council, said that its critical to monitor whatever groundwater is left. These...
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Environment degradation pose threat human civilization
2015-03-14 21:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Kerala: Vice President of India M. Hamid Ansari has said that environmental degradation and climate change are amongst the foremost challenges confronting human civilization in our times. The protection and preservation of environment and its sustainable management are essential for the survival of humanity and our planet. Delivering inaugural address at the International Conference on 'Global Environment Issues' organised by the National Green Tribunal in association with the Ministry of Environment,...
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