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More circular, less carbon: chemical recycling holds promise for wind-turbine blade waste
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Disposing of complex and cumbersome wind turbine blades at the end of their lives is a key challenge facing the renewable energy sector. Researchers now identify a form of chemical recycling as the most circular and low-carbon solution.
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Copper from industrial pollution increases antibiotic resistance in forest floor soil bacteria
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Industrial heavy metal pollution in a Swedish forest induces resistance to metals in soil microbial communities, but also to tetracycline antibiotics, a new study concludes. Emerging antibiotic resistance is a central threat to global food security and health. It has been well established that metal pollution can cause antibiotic resistance in agricultural settings, but data is lacking on most other habitats.
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Higher energy security and economic complexity may hamper renewable energy development
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This study highlights the resilience of renewable energy in the face of unpredictability such as climate change and suggests that large-scale production could not only help with climate change mitigation but also protect the environment. During recent decades there has been a major increase in environmental problems such as climate change and pollution, resulting from human use of energy for socio-economic activities.
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Health and environmental impacts prompt a call for strict ruling on ubiquitous ‘forever chemicals’
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The characteristics and widespread effects of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances demand their replacement with fluorine-free alternatives, say the writers of a comprehensive review on their use. Per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of synthetic chemical compounds where the hydrogen atoms have been largely or completely replaced by fluorine.
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Passive restoration can help former farmlands in Minnesota, USA, to recover their biodiversity, but even 80 years is not enough for full recovery
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Passive restoration can recover plant biodiversity on former farmland at low cost, say researchers. But active restoration could bring better results. This study measured plant biodiversity in once-farmed fields that had been left to nature up to 80 years earlier. The researchers show how recovery varies by the size of the plot to help guide better active restoration.
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