ESS News Articles
Topic 1: Foundations of environmental systems and societies
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1.1 Environmental value systems
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Description: Michael Viney: Ecocentrism has had to bide its time
Article 1 : https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/michael-viney-ecocentrism-has-had-to-bide-its-time-1.3356185
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Description: We must put a price on nature if we are going to save it
Article 2 : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/aug/10/nature-economic-value-campaign
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Description: Ecocentrism & Sustainability: You Can’t Have One Without The Other
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Description: Legacy of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring
Description: Anthropocentrism & Ecocentrism
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Description: ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVES
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1.2 Systems and models
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Description: How photosynthesis is inspiring solar power research
Article 1 : https://www.theguardian.com/science/grrlscientist/2015/mar/12/sustainability
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Description: The Most Accurate Climate Models Predict Greater Warming, Study Shows
Description: Turning carbon dioxide emissions into chemicals, fibres and jet fuel
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Description: Energy Conversion
Article 4: https://www.solarschools.net/knowledge-bank/energy/conversion
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Description: The Laws of Thermodynamics
Article 5: https://courses.lumenlearning.com/sanjacinto-biology1/chapter/the-laws-of-thermodynamics/
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Description: Limitations of Models in Science
Article 6: https://sciencing.com/limitations-models-science-8652502.html
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1.3 Energy and equilibria
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Description: Spontaneous system follows rules of equilibrium Discovery hints at general framework for non-equilibrium systems
Article 1 : https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/07/170710135303.htm
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Description: What are climate change feedback loops?
Article 2 : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2011/jan/05/climate-change-feedback-loops
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Description: Cloudy feedback on global warming
Article 3 : https://www.enn.com/articles/50101-cloudy-feedback-on-global-warming
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Description: What Is Thermodynamics
Article 4: https://www.livescience.com/50776-thermodynamics.html
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Description: Positive and Negative Feedback Loops in Biology
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Description: A better description of entropy
Article 6 : https://youtu.be/w2iTCm0xpDc
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1.4 Sustainability
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Description: Big tobacco leaves huge ecological footprint - WHO
Description: Italy to put sustainability and climate at heart of learning in schools
Description: Global CO2 Emissions on Pace to Rise 39% by 2030
Article 3 : https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20090528/global-co2-emissions-pace-rise-39-2030
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Description: WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Article 4 : https://www.acciona.com/sustainable-development/
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Description: Ecological Footprint
Article 5 : https://www.footprintnetwork.org/our-work/ecological-footprint/
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Description: What Is Sustainability and Why Is It Important
Article 6 : https://www.environmentalscience.org/sustainability
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1.5 Humans and pollution
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Description: Bird numbers plunge in U.S. and Canada with people to blame
Description: Burning crop residues is a major contributor to air pollution in South Asia
Article 2 : https://greenguide.co.uk/burning-crop-residues-is-a-major-contributor-to-air-pollution-in-south-asia/
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Description: Old Scientist: Pollution isn't what it used to be
Article 3 : https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28569-old-scientist-pollution-isnt-what-it-used-to-be/
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Description: Point Source and Nonpoint Sources of Pollution
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Description: What is eutrophication
Article 5: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/eutrophication.html
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Description: For more technical information, please refer to the Technical Fact Sheet
Article 6: http://npic.orst.edu/factsheets/ddtgen.pdf
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Topic 2: Ecosystems and ecology
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2.1 Species and populations
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Description: Seals, birds and humans compete for fish in the Baltic Sea
Article 1 : https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171113104707.htm
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Description: Competition from the ancestors of cats drove the extinction of many species of ancient dogs
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Description: Population Limiting Factors
Article 3 : https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/population-limiting-factors-17059572/
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Description: Carrying Capacity
Article 4 : https://biologydictionary.net/carrying-capacity/
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Description: Ecosystem
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Description: PhysicalGeography.net
Article 6 : http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/9d.html
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2.2 Communities and ecosystems
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Description: Ocean Fertilization Could Produce Toxic Effects Up the Food Chain
Article 1 : https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20100316/ocean-fertilization-could-produce-toxic-effects-food-chain
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Description: Biodiversity Is Crucial To Ecosystem Productivity
Article 2 : https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080424112451.htm
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Description: Biodiversity Is Crucial To Ecosystem Productivity Study reports on declines in ecosystem productivity fueled by nitrogen-induced species loss
Article 3 : https://phys.org/news/2013-07-declines-ecosystem-productivity-fueled-nitrogen-induced.html
Description: Photosynthesis and Respiration
Article 4 : https://photosynthesiseducation.com/photosynthesis-and-cellular respiration/#:~:text=Photosynthesis%20involves%20the%20use%20of,the%20opposite%20of%20cellular%20respiration.
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Description: Food Web: Concept and Applications
Article 5 : https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/food-web-concept-and-applications-84077181/
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Description: Bioaccumulation and biomagnification
Article 6 : https://cimioutdoored.org/bioaccumulation-and-biomagnification-increasingly-concentrated-problems/
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2.3 Flows of energy and matter
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Description: Mixed forests more productive than monocultures
Article 1 : https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130109081141.htm
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Description: Increasing tropical land use is disrupting the carbon cycle
Article 2 : https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-01/lu-itl012820.php
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Description: Not only temperature controls the nutrient cycle in the Arctic
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Description: Productivity in Ecosystem
Article 4 : https://www.biologydiscussion.com/ecology/productivity-in-ecosystem/52928
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Description: The Carbon Cycle
Article 5 : https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/carbon-cycle/
Description: The Nitrogen Cycle: Of Microbes and Men
Article 6: https://www.visionlearning.com/en/library/Earth-Science/6/The-Nitrogen-Cycle/98
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2.4 Biomes, zonation and succession
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Description: How disappearing sea ice has put Arctic ecosystem under threat
Article 1 : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/04/arctic-ecosystem-ice-disappear-ecosystem-polar-bears-fish
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Description: Zonation
Article 1: https://conservationcorridor.org/corridor-toolbox/programs-and-tools/zonation
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Description: 8 Major Biomes of the World | Ecology
Article 2 : https://www.biologydiscussion.com/ecology/biomes/8-major-biomes-of-the-world-ecology/52976
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Description: Ecological Succession
Article 3: https://biologydictionary.net/ecological-succession/
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Description: What is Dichotomous Key
Article 4 : https://online.visual-paradigm.com/knowledge/general/what-is-dichotomous-key/
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Description: Apparatus and techniques
Article 5: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zq7xjty/revision/6
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Description: Quadrats
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Topic 3: Biodiversity and conservation
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3.1 An introduction to biodiversity
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Description: Our diets must change to halt nature loss, says UN biodiversity chief
Description: A nation’s conservation success cannot be predicted by its wealth Insecticides are killing bees, birds, and other wildlife
Description: Insecticides are killing bees, birds, and other wildlife
Article 3 : https://nypost.com/2020/08/20/insecticides-are-killing-bees-birds-and-other-wildlife/
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Description: What Is Biodiversity?
Description: Benefits from Biodiversity
Article 5: https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/benefits-from-biodiversity-1440146308-1
Description: THE ELEMENTS OF BIODIVERSITY
Article 6 : https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/biodiversity/elements_of_biodiversity/
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3.2 Origins of biodiversity
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Description: Bird skull evolution slowed after the extinction of the dinosaurs
Article 1 : https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200818142141.htm
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Description: A PhD student proved one of Darwin's theories of evolution 140 years after his death
Article 2 : https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/19/world/darwin-theory-proved-scn-trnd/index.html
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Description: Wiping out a population of animals might help the species
Article 3 : https://www.newscientist.com/article/2144693-wiping-out-a-population-of-animals-might-help-the-species/
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Description: Conclusion
Description: Five Types of Isolation in Biology
Article 5 : https://sciencing.com/five-types-isolation-biology-8501726.html
Description: Volcanoes related to plate boundaries
Article 6 : https://www.britannica.com/science/volcano/Volcanoes-related-to-plate-boundaries
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3.3 Threats to biodiversity
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Description: World's forest animal population sinks drastically: WWF report
Article 1 : https://www.dw.com/en/worlds-forest-animal-population-sinks-drastically-wwf-report/a-50015580
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Description: ONE MILLION SPECIES FACE EXTINCTION UNLESS WE ADDRESS POPULATION GROWTH
Description: IUCN red list reveals wildlife destruction from treetop to ocean floor
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Description: Threats to Biodiversity
Article 4: https://www.naturetrust.bc.ca/conserving-land/threats-to-biodiversity
Description: NEWS FROM IUCN
Article 5 :https://www.iucnredlist.org/
Description: THREATS TO RAINFORESTS FROM HUMANKIND
Article 6 : https://rainforests.mongabay.com/0803.htm
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3.4 Conservation of biodiversity
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Description: Fisheries Catch-22: Captive Breeding Aims To Conserve Biodiversity But Plunders Genetic Diversity
Article 1 : https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081211081616.htm
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Description: Giant rainforest buffer zone planned to protect Indonesian wildlife
Description: Explainer: Extinct species of Galapagos giant tortoise may be resurrected
Article 3 : https://www.newscientist.com/article/2133377-extinct-species-of-galapagos-giant-tortoise-may-be-resurrected/
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Description: International Environmental Law
Article 4 :
https://law-richmond.libguides.com/c.php?g=129579&p=846138
Description: What is the difference between In situ and Ex situ Conservation?
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Description: 17 Advantages and Disadvantages of the Endangered Species Act
Article 6 : https://futureofworking.com/6-advantages-and-disadvantages-of-the-endangered-species-act/
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Topic 4: Water and aquatic food production systems and societies
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4.1 Introduction to water systems
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Description: Our water cycle diagrams give a false sense of water security
Article 1 : https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/06/190610111525.htm
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Description: Earth’s water is all connected in one vast cycle
Article 2 : https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/explainer-earths-water-cycle
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Description: Climate change speeding up water cycle
Article 3 : https://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2012/04/27/3488816.htm
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Description: The water cycle on Earth
Description: OCEAN CURRENTS
Article 5 : https://www.nationalgeographic.org/topics/resource-library-ocean-currents/?q=&page=1&per_page=25
Description: Earth’s water distribution
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4.2 Access to fresh water
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Description: How will climate change impact on fresh water security?
Article 1 : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/nov/30/climate-change-water
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Description: Islands to lose fresh water as rising seas sink them from within
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Description: Unsustainable water use threatens agriculture, business and populations in China, India, Pakistan, South Africa and USA - global study
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Description: Drinking-water
Article 4 : https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/drinking-water
Description: Conserving Water
Article 5 : https://www.ck12.org/earth-science/conserving-water/lesson/Conserving-Water-HS-ES/
Description: 10 Ways Farmers Are Saving Water
Article 6 : https://cuesa.org/article/10-ways-farmers-are-saving-water
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4.3 Aquatic food production systems
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Description: Global fish production approaching sustainable limit, UN warns
Description: Climate change, overfishing deplete Veraval marine life
Description: UK wants annual negotiations with EU on fishing rights -mandate
Description: Aquatic Food Production
Article 4 :
http://kellyperry.weebly.com/43-aquatic-food-production.html
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Description: Sustainable exploitation of Aquatic Resources
Article 5: http://www.powerstationeffects.co.uk/reports/sust-fishing.pdf
Description: Environmental Problems of Aquaculture
Article 6 : https://earthjournalism.net/resources/environmental-problems-of-aquaculture
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4.4 Water pollution
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Description: In China, the water you drink is as dangerous as the air you breathe
Description: North sea algae threaten British coasts
Article 2: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg12216683-600-north-sea-algae-threaten-british-coasts/
Description: 'Ganga pollution rise claim unscientific'
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Description: Water Pollution: Everything You Need to Know
Article 4 : https://www.nrdc.org/stories/water-pollution-everything-you-need-know
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Description: Water Pollution: Sources, Effects, Control and Management
Article 5 :
https://www.mcser.org/journal/index.php/mjss/article/viewFile/1760/1764
Description: Water Pollution And Its Control
Article 6 : https://byjus.com/biology/water-pollution-control/
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Topic 5: Soil systems, terrestrial food production systems and societies
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5.1 Introduction to soil systems
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Description: Speedy Mountain Soil Weathering Could Impact Climate
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Article 1: https://www.aaas.org/news/science-speedy-mountain-soil-weathering-could-impact-climate
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Description: NASA satellite to map soil moisture poised for launch
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Article 2: https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN0L32ER20150130
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Description: Scientists can recycle sewer waste into garden soil. But if it stinks, it won’t sell.
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Description: Introduction of soil
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Article 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFTdmJpoQVo&index=1&list=PL4J8PxoprpGaCb1k93_Y5pOm9b-9V1pMX
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Description: Types of Soil
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Article 5: https://www.enkivillage.org/types-of-soil.html
5.2 Terrestrial food production systems and food choices
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Description: Scientists have mapped the DNA of tea – and it could stave off a pending crisis
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Description: U.N. Urges Eating Insects; 8 Popular Bugs to Try
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Description: COVID-19: The global food supply chain is holding up, for now
Article 3: https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/04/1061032
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Description: "Rethink Zero" - the Zero Hunger Challenge
Article 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBXMn54zVHc
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Description: Could insects be the wonder food of the future?
Article 5: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20141014-time-to-put-bugs-on-the-menu
Description: 2019 - Hunger Map
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5.3 Soil degradation and conservation
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Description: Soil pore structure is key to carbon storage
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Article 1: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/07/190726104519.htm
Description: Doubling agricultural produce in 5 years 'achievable': Sushma Swaraj
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Description: Soil erosion must be stopped ‘to save our future’, says UN agriculture agency
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Article 3: https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/12/1052831
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Description: The Value of Soil
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Article 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=403sT9CGRl0
Description: Soil Health Management
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Article 5: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/soils/health/mgnt/
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Topic 6: Atmospheric systems and societies
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6.1 Introduction to the atmosphere
Description: Atmospheric Greenhouse Gas Levels Hit Record, Report Says
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Description: Carbon dioxide levels in atmosphere reach record high
Article 2 : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/07/carbon-dioxide-levels-in-atmosphere-reach-record-high
Description: Energy sector biggest greenhouse gas emitter in India, says national communication to UNFCCC
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6.2 Stratospheric ozone
Description: Ozone layer finally healing after damage caused by aerosols, UN says
Description: Ozone loss will hit health and food, says UN study
Article 2 : https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg12517021-300-ozone-loss-will-hit-health-and-food-says-un-study/
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Description: UN System Works Together to Reduce Environmental Footprint
Article 3 : https://ozone.unep.org/un-system-works-together-reduce-environmental-footprint
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6.3 Photochemical smog
Description: Household aerosols now release more harmful smog chemicals than all UK vehicles
Article 1 : https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210427122431.htm
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Description: Tracking Tropospheric Ozone Since 1979
Article 2 : https://eos.org/research-spotlights/tracking-tropospheric-ozone-since-1979
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Description: Photochemical smog threatens public health in HCM City
Article 3 : https://vietnamnews.vn/society/421819/photochemical-smog-threatens-public-health-in-hcm-city.html
6.4 Acid deposition
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Topic 7: Climate change and energy production
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7.1 Energy choices and security
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Description: Shale gas: dubious game-changer
Article 1 : https://www.cseindia.org/shale-gas-dubious-game-changer-3871
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Description: Hydroelectric dams emit a billion tonnes of greenhouse gases a year, study finds
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Description: We need to shut power plants early to stay under 1.5°C warming
Article 3 : https://www.newscientist.com/article/2208231-we-need-to-shut-power-plants-early-to-stay-under-1-5c-warming/
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7.2 Climate change—causes and impacts
Description: New Study Suggests Atlantic Ocean Circulation System Could Collapse
Article 1 : https://www.voanews.com/science-health/new-study-suggests-atlantic-ocean-circulation-system-could-collapse
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Description: Soil bacteria evolve with climate change
Article 2 : https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210428135528.htm
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Description: 10 years on from the Stern report: a low-carbon future is the 'only one available'
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7.3 Climate change—mitigation and adaptation
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Description: Decarbonizing the power sector
Article 1 : https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191119075306.htm
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Description: Climate mitigation needs a carbon tax and rich countries supporting clean energy in developing economies: Robert O. Mendelsohn
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Description: It’s time to end subsidies for burning wood from forests
Article 3 : https://www.climatechangenews.com/2021/02/11/time-end-subsidies-burning-wood-forests/
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Topic 8: Human systems and resource use
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8.1 Human population dynamics
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Description: Is global fertility really plummeting? How population forecasts are made
Article 1 : https://theconversation.com/is-global-fertility-really-plummeting-how-population-forecasts-are-made-142848
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Description: Sri Lanka makes strong gains in the Human Development Index
Article 2 : https://www.trtworld.com/asia/sri-lanka-makes-strong-gains-in-the-human-development-index-32165
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Description: India’s young demography won’t be that young by 2036
Article 3 : https://www.livemint.com/news/india/india-s-young-demography-won-t-be-that-young-by-2036-11598959442533.html
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8.2 Resource use in society
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Description: To protect nature’s benefits, focus on people
Article 1 : https://naturalcapitalproject.stanford.edu/news/protect-nature-s-benefits-focus-people
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Description: UN adopts landmark framework to integrate natural capital in economic reporting
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Description: In the news: the rise of "natural capital" – why the UN is urging countries to look beyond GDP
Article 3 : https://www.schroders.com/en/insights/economics/in-the-news-the-rise-of-natural-capital/
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8.3 Solid domestic waste
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Description: E-waste becoming global challenge, but initiatives by companies give hope for better future​
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Description: Great Pacific garbage patch’ 16 times bigger than previously thought, say scientists
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Description: Burger King rolls out green packaging pilot program
Article 3 : https://www.wastetodaymagazine.com/article/burger-king-green-packaging-pilot/
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Description: Electronic Waste on the Decline, New Study Finds
Article 4: https://environment.yale.edu/news/article/electronic-waste-on-the-decline-new-study-finds/
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8.4 Human population carrying capacity
Description: Logically, how is it possible to use more resources than Earth can replenish?
Description: COVID-19 has caused humanity’s ecological footprint to contract by 3 weeks
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Description: Human consumption of the Earth's resources declined in 2020
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