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fossil fuels, GHGs, pollution - October 05, 2021

𝐅𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐥 𝐟𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟏 𝐢𝐧 𝟓 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞

New research from Harvard University, in collaboration with the University of Birmingham, the University of Leicester and University College London, found that more than 8 million people died in 2018 from fossil fuel pollution, significantly higher than previous research suggested—meaning that air pollution from burning fossil fuels like coal and diesel was responsible for about 1 in 5 deaths worldwide. The study, “Global Mortality From Outdoor Fine Particle Pollution Generated by Fossil Fuel Combustion,” published in Environmental Research, is based on a groundbreaking analysis that enabled the researchers to directly attribute premature deaths from fine particulate pollution (PM 2.5) to fossil fuel combustion....

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GHGs, green methane, permafrost - September 30, 2021

𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗼𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗳𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 - 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲

The Arctic cryosphere is collapsing, posing overlapping environmental risks. In particular, thawing permafrost threatens to release biological, chemical and radioactive materials that have been sequestered for tens to hundreds of thousands of years. As these constituents re-enter the environment, they have the potential to disrupt ecosystem function, reduce the populations of unique Arctic wildlife and endanger human health. Here, we review the current state of the science to identify potential hazards currently frozen in Arctic permafrost. We also consider the cascading natural and anthropogenic processes that may compound the impacts of these risks, as it is unclear whether the highly...

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