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Six out of the world´s nine planetary boundaries have been crossed

A Greener Life

The boundaries range from climate change to the biosphere and deforestation , and from pollutants & plastic to nitrogen cycles and freshwater. The boundary for ozone depletion, for example, while not transgressed globally, was headed for increasing regional transgressions. This is the first time this exercise has been carried out.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

For example, the ongoing debate over the impact of certain pesticides in agriculture , greenhouse gas emissions are often a battle between the science and industry's attempts to muddy the science and government lobbying to roll back legislation (2). Climate change : The process by which the climate changes due to “forcings”.

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Climatology: The Science of Global Weather Systems over the Long Term

Environmental Science

This radiation hits the atmosphere and is absorbed by the ozone layer which reduces the most harmful. Nitrous Oxide (13) is a byproduct of agricultural processes. Deforestation. The sun receives a constant stream of energy produced by nuclear processes that generate an immense amount of heat, light, and radiation.

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ESA Policy News: October 24, 2022

ESA

Global deforestation pledge will be missed without urgent action, say researchers – The Guardian. Multiorganization Letter of Support for Agricultural Research Appropriations (Oct. Multiorganization Letter in Support of Appropriations for Agricultural Research (July 13, 2022). Scientific Community.

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Frontiers Planet Prize: The breakthrough science that could preserve our planet

A Greener Life

Human activity has already led us to breach six of our nine planetary boundaries through increased agricultural run-off, accelerated biodiversity loss, surging greenhouse gas emissions and more. The sustainable solution improves public health, supports farmers, restores ecosystems and reduces deforestation across Africa.

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Conservation: History and Future

Environmental Science

This can be the repair of a cultural artefact (for example, replacing worn or rotten cotton threads in a tapestry with new material to restore it to a former state) or the restoration of woodland to plains or swamp/wetlands that may have previously been drained for agriculture or other use. A History of Conservation. Soil Conservation.

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Policy News: November 22, 2021

ESA

More than 100 countries pledged to halt deforestation by 2030. Forests continue to fall to expanding agriculture, even as world leaders agree to save them – PoliticoPro Graphic. Interior and Agriculture Departments Take Action to Strengthen Tribal Co-Stewardship of Public Lands and Waters – Department of the Interior.