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There’s a classic scene in “The Graduate” where Dustin Hoffman’s character, fresh out of college, gets pulled aside at a graduation party by a well-meaning friend of his parents and told: “I just want to say one word to you. Just one word . plastics.”
If that scene were written today with sustainability in mind, the word might be “batteries.” Or maybe “hydrogen.”
But it might also be two words: “energy efficiency.”
The Shift to Renewable Energy Can Give More Power to the People
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Сильное океаническое течение оказалось на грани исчезновения
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A Major Ocean Current Could Be on The Verge of a Devastating Tipping Point
25 FEBRUARY 2021
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) sea currents are vital in transporting heat from the tropics to the Northern Hemisphere, but new research suggests climate change might knock the AMOC out of action much sooner than we anticipated.
That could have profound, large-scale impacts on the planet in terms of weather patterns, upending agricultural practices, biodiversity, and economic stability across the vast areas of the world that the AMOC influences.
The problem is the rate at which Earth is warming up and melting the ice in the Arctic: according to the researchers new models, this speed of temperature increase means the risk of hitting the tipping point for the AMOC going dormant is now an urgent concern.
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