Eco-world
COP26: towards a green and healthy life for humankind
10.12.2020
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The COVID-19 pandemic with its devastating impact on people’s lives, livelihoods and economies has confused humanity’s plans for 2020, including those related to globally significant forums. However, it has not slowed the pace of climate change, which poses an ever-growing threat...
Why is banana useful?
02.12.2020
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Due to the high potassium and fiber content, bananas remain one of the most nutritious and healthy foods. Moreover, they support heart health and have a positive effect on digestion. Nutrition expert of New York City Yan Karetnik told in an interview that the potassium in the pro...
Solar power stations in space can satisfy requirements of mankind for energy
28.11.2020
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It is similar to science fiction: huge solar power stations floating in space, transfer energy in large quantity to the Earth. And for a long time this concept for the first time developed by Russian scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky in 1920, basically inspired by science fiction ...
All Sony’s facilities will be switched to renewable energy sources by 2030
28.11.2020
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Sony, major home appliance manufacturer, which works closely with Apple, the US digital giant, has notified the Japanese government that it may have to withdraw its production from the country if the use of renewable energy sources is not developed properly. Japanese Minister ...
Join the Enhanced Transparency Initiative for Climate Change
27.11.2020
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Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Patricia Espinoza announced a new Enhanced Transparency Initiative for Climate Change. The initiative seeks to bring countries, business communities, non-governmental organizations and other stakehol...
Tea and its benefits for the human body
25.11.2020
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Tea is the main drink for majority of the Earth’s inhabitants in winter. Each type of tea is a unique taste and a complex of both useful and not very useful properties, which depend on the conditions of growing the tea bush and the method of processing the leaves. After cookin...
Olives: an ancient delicacy and world symbol
24.11.2020
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Throughout centuries people were frequently connected with the concept of peace life with trees, after all they always were a symbol of force, greatness, longevity, energy and beauty. The olive which grows already more than three thousand years was rather esteemed. An olive tr...
Futuristic wooden cargo ship is being constructed in Costa Rica for green shipping
21.11.2020
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The impact of shipping on the climate is great and continues to grow, but a team in Costa Rica is giving way to a clean maritime revolution by creating a cargo ship out of wood. On the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, the small team is building the world’s largest environmental cargo...
Is sugar: a friend or foe?
18.11.2020
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Sugar is often called white poison, although itself, along with the products containing it, is not harmful. The question is what kind of lifestyle people who consume a lot of sweets lead. After all, this white crystalline powder itself is an absolutely useless food product. And i...
Birch fungus suppressed reproduction of coronavirus particles
11.11.2020
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Scientists at the Center of Virology and Biotechnology Vector in Novosibirsk have proved that the extract of the birch fungus chaga can inhibit the reproduction of new type of coronavirus particles in a test tube. This points to the fact, that an antiviral drug can be created on ...
