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Food and Water
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Understanding the impact of climate change on sub-arctic groundwater
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Tourism, water, and gender
Women face greater health and safety risks when water and sanitation systems are compromised, but this has never been explored in relation to tourism.
Turning waste heat from solar panels into a water distillation process
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Researchers find an efficient way to convert nitrogen found in sewage into valuable ammonia.
Climate change to create farmland in the north, but at environmental costs
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