[via Quartz] It started, as many things do, with a rumor. In 2013 Matt Finer, a researcher with the Amazon Conservation Association, heard from locals that someone was cutting down rainforest deep in the Peruvian Amazon, far from prying eyes. So Finer and colleagues did something that would have been unheard of 10 years before:…
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4 billion people face severe water scarcity at least one month a year
[The Verge] And things are only going to get worse An estimated 4 billion people face severe water scarcity at least one month a year, researchers have found, and nearly half of them live in China and India. The findings, published today in the journal Science Advances, suggest that severe water scarcity affects far more people…
TIME: Air Pollution Kills More Than 5 Million People Around the World Every Year
[TIME] Research suggests the number of deaths will continue to rise More than 5.5 million people die annually due to both outdoor and household air pollution, making it one of the leading global risk factors for disease, according to new research. The research, presented at the annual American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)…
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