Environment
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Environment USAFirst-Ever Coral Reef World Map: a Conservation Game-Changer
A team of researchers affiliated with Arizona State University, United States, created the world’s first map of all the coral reefs around the globe, a tool to better monitor and protect an ecosystem highly threatened by climate change.
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Technology NetherlandsThis Eco-Leather Is Ready for the Market!
Following a successful study praising mushroom-made leather’s sustainability, a biotech materials startup from the Netherlands is now ready to produce the eco-material at a commercial scale, offering a vegan alternative to animal leather that looks, feels, even smells like cow leather.
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Animals BangladeshNature Comes to the Rescue (Again!): Oysters Protect Island From Rising Seas
Who is the surprising little fighter helping Bangladesh's island of Kutubdia fight against rising sea levels and coastal erosions? Oysters! The protective mollusk helps calm the waves before they reach the shore, in a reef project that aims to reduce the damaging effects of climate change.
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