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Climate change: Rising sea levels could spell disaster

[ad_1] Global warming – (MENAFN Gulf Times) and the resulting sea level rise have been major environmental concerns for many years. A new study, published in the journal Nature Communications, adds to concerns by revealing that Greenland’s larger glaciers could lose even more ice than previously predicted. This could have …

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Blockchain Potential for Environmental Applications – CIO Journal.

[ad_2][ad_1] The World Economic Forum in mid-September published a report examining how blockchain technologies can be harnessed to address serious environmental problems, better manage our shared global environment and help promote sustainable growth and value creation. The report outlined some of the world's most pressing environmental challenges and highlighted eight …

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Blockchain and environmental sustainability – Environmental leader

[ad_2][ad_1] Recent discussions have focused on the environmental sustainability of blockchain technology and digital currencies, with critics quickly highlighting their potentially damaging impacts. Often these topics are out of context or without reference to the negative externalities that other financial services in the global economy have on the environment. At …

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As the environmental costs of mining encryption become known, professionals outweigh the disadvantages?

[ad_1] / Ultima / 2018/11 / as-environmental-costs-of-mining-crypto-become-the-pro-do-counterbalance-the-cons known / As the environmental costs of mining encryption become known, professionals outweigh the disadvantages? as-environmental-cost-of-mining-crypto-be-known-do-i-pro-offset-le-cons According to a research recently published, the energy needed to "extract" the value of a US dollar from the four major cryptocurrencies is more than twice the …

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