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Screen Time and Sensory Anaesthesia

Screen Time and Sensory Anaesthesia: What a Day in Nature Can Do for You
In our digitally dominated world, screens are an ever-present part of our daily lives. We are constantly bombarded with digital stimuli from smartphones to laptops, televisions to tablets.

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Plastic Pollution John Julian Plastic Pollution John Julian

Tackling the Silent Threat

In today's modern world, the omnipresence of plastic has become both a convenience and a curse. At the same time, plastic has revolutionized various aspects of our lives, but the dark side of this innovation is often overlooked—plastic pollution.

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Climate Change

"Climate change" refers to long-term changes in climate, while "global warming" refers explicitly to the rise in Earth's average temperature. Additionally, "weather" refers to short-term atmospheric conditions, whereas "climate" describes long-term patterns. Climate changes affect many aspects of our environment.

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Biosphere Integrity John Julian Biosphere Integrity John Julian

Biosphere Integrity

Biodiversity is not just something in nature. Biodiversity benefits humanity in numerous ways. It helps make the global economy more resilient and functions as an integral part of our culture and identity. Research has shown that it's even linked to our physical health.

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Planetary Boundaries

Planetary boundaries are a framework to describe limits to the impacts of human activities on the Earth system. Beyond these limits, the environment may not be able to self-regulate anymore. This would mean the Earth system would leave the period of stability of the Holocene, in which human society developed.

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