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Improving Air Quality Can Make You More Productive
Poor air quality is linked to disease. Here are 10 effective ways to improve indoor air quality for healthier and more productive spaces There is a known fact that the quality of air inside our spaces can be 2 to 5 times worse than outdoors? On average, humans spend 90+% of their time inside. It is a […]
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8 Ways Coronavirus Is Changing the Environment
As more than 190 countries are on lockdown, the world has come to a halt. Trade has been disrupted worldwide, flights have been canceled, and offices and factories are now closed. The pandemic is causing a lot of loss and suffering to global health and economy, but interestingly, the pandemic has some positive impact on […]
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A Harvard study confirms the relationship between Smog and Covid
A study of Harvard University of Massachusetts demonstrates a strong correlation between smog and Covid-19 coronavirus mortality. The air of our cities has become cleaner and nature has returned to shine after the lockdown. But the relationship between covid-19 and pollution is not this. According to a recent study, in fact, smog, and in particular PM2.5 fine […]
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Greehouse gases: What are they? What can we do to reduce emissions?
Greenhouse gases are gases in the atmosphere that retain the heat emitted by the earth’s surface, atmosphere, and clouds. These gases can have a natural or anthropogenic origin and their properties cause a phenomenon known as the greenhouse effect. What is the greenhouse effect? The greenhouse effect is a normal and essential phenomenon for the […]
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5 Cities that will be unlivable because of Climate Change
In the following years, some cities will suffer serious consequences due to Climate Changes. Dubai, Beijing and Abu Dhabi are only some of the metropolis which is going to become unlivable for humans by 2050. Year by year Extreme Weather Events related to climate change are more intense and frequent. According to research carried out by […]
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Polluting Hamburgers: giving up beef can reduce carbon footprint more than cars
Cars, trucks, industries, home heating are the biggest causes of the air pollution. But there is also a less common one: the hamburger. Small but very dangerous for the environment. Yet, according to the scientists, if Americans gave up 1 of the 3 meat burgers, which on average consume a week, could eliminate the emissions corresponding […]
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Air Pollution: 10 rules to live better
9 out of 10 people in Europe are exposed to too high levels of air pollution according to the WHO. What to do? Here is the decalogue of the measures necessary to defeat air pollution. Let’s discover the Green Economy’s rules to fight and defeat air pollution. We have known for a while, now, that […]
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Melting Glaciers: causes and effects
Listening to the news talking about the melting glaciers, of the harsh causes and difficult consequences on the environment is nowadays become normal. A very important phenomenon to do not underestimate: it is damaging our generation It may cause ruin the life on the earth forever The melting of the glaciers is caused by the […]
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Air pollution? It damages our intelligence!
Nowadays, we know a lot about the health damages caused by the fine dust, in particular the consequently diseases damaging the respiratory and cardiovascular systems. But this year, a Chinese study has showed how the chronic exposition to the smog can be harmful also for our brain and our intelligence. A team of Chinese researchers […]
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Air pollution: detergents and soaps pollute as much as cars
When talking about air pollution, the first image that pops into our mind is the one of a traffic jam, with a million cars stuck among one another, surrounded by a threatening black cloud…and who knows, perhaps even some honking sounds in the background. We often forget that the factors we must take into consideration […]
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