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Food from urban agriculture has carbon footprint 6 times larger than conventional produce...
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Science Daily reports, "A new University of Michigan-led international study finds that fruits and vegetables grown in urban farms and gardens have a carbon footprint that is, on average, six times greater than conventionally grown produce."
Increase in rice farming in sub-Saharan Africa found to be producing rising amounts of methane
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Phys.org reports, "A team of engineers and atmospheric scientists at Harvard University, working with a colleague from the California Institute of Technology's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, has calculated the increased amount of methane being expelled into the atmosphere due to increases in rice farming in parts of Africa.
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Now scientists say BREATHING is bad for the environment.
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"...a new study claims the gases in air exhaled from human lungs is fueling global warming."
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Climate change policies likely to boost inflation.
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According to Express, "Climate change policies are increasingly likely to have an impact on inflation over the next two to three years, a top Bank of England policymaker has warned."
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Expert shares the unsettling reason that spring allergies are getting worse: ‘Spores can more easily enter the lungs’
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The Cool Down reports, "As the world gets warmer, the last frost occurs earlier and earlier each spring, and the first frost happens later in the fall, YCC [Yale Climate Connections] explains."
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