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Study finds limits to storing CO₂ underground to combat climate change

Study finds limits to storing CO₂ underground to combat climate change

Tired Earth . August 28, 2024

The study found that it might be possible by 2050 to store up to 16 gigatonnes of CO2 underground each....

ALGERIA: The MyGeocycle platform is launched to digitise waste management

ALGERIA: The MyGeocycle platform is launched to digitise waste management

Tired Earth . August 27, 2024

Digitising the solid waste management system to make collection, transport and treatment more efficient over the next few years.

South Africa's scarce water needs careful management—study finds smaller, local systems offer more benefits

South Africa's scarce water needs careful management—study finds smaller, local systems offer more benefits

Tired Earth . August 27, 2024

South Africa is a water-scarce country, the 30th driest in the world.

Microplastics Found in Human Brains

Microplastics Found in Human Brains

Tired Earth . August 22, 2024

“There’s much more plastic in our brains than I ever would have imagined or been comfortable with.”

Portugal seeks EU help as wildfire threatens UNESCO-listed forest

Portugal seeks EU help as wildfire threatens UNESCO-listed forest

Tired Earth . August 22, 2024

The flames had touched a part of the Laurissilva forest, the largest surviving laurel forest, that is on UNESCO's World....

In Spain's drought-hit Costa Blanca, people queue for bottled water

In Spain's drought-hit Costa Blanca, people queue for bottled water

Tired Earth . August 21, 2024

Overdevelopment, climate change and mass tourism during the summer months when the population of the popular Mediterranean destination swells, have....

New insights on how bird flu crosses the species barrier

New insights on how bird flu crosses the species barrier

Tired Earth . August 21, 2024

The avian influenza virus needs to mutate to cross the species barrier and to infect and replicate within mammalian cells.

Study shows effective regulation and monitoring is key to tackling emissions of a super-greenhouse gas

Study shows effective regulation and monitoring is key to tackling emissions of a super-greenhouse gas

Tired Earth . August 21, 2024

In 2020 alone, around 16,000 tons of the greenhouse gas were previously found to be released into the atmosphere.