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...footprint in its wake — a footprint that will hinder reconstruction efforts and have long-term health and economic consequences for communities. "The most important feature of this effort is to create a monitoring model that can provide data on the environment, not only after the conflict but also during it, making decision makers more capable of and competent to take...

...carbon dioxide absorbed in different areas of a small city in El Cerrado the commune Aguas de Santa Barbara. They confirmed that a policy banning human-caused fires between 1986 and 2015 encouraged the growth of denser forest. This led to an increase, by 1.2 tons, of the carbon stored in both vegetation and soil in those areas since 1986. But at the same time, they found...

...carbon targets but engage more comprehensively with the need for deep adaptation as highlighted by Jem Bendell and his work in this area. With other issues such as Brexit and re-election garnering all the attention in parliament, it is likely that there will be continued delays in addressing climate change. Over the next 12 years these delays will become more and more...

...carbon emissions (let alone other potential environmental impacts). A complex question! Some of the earliest research was pioneered by The Open University with the first major quantitative study, the ‘Factor 10 Visions’ study ‘Towards Sustainable HE’ (Roy et al. 2005; Roy et al. 2008) followed by the Jisc-funded SusTEACH research and development project –...

...carbon-based molecules called quinines for the negative electrolyte component of the battery. They had started their experiments with bromine-based electrolyte for the positive ions, but bromine is toxic and volatile. So they replaced it with a non-toxic, non-corrosive ion called ferrocyanide. “It sounds bad because it has the word cyanide in it,” Dr Marshak says....