Future of the Environment
全球樱花越开越早 若遇春寒将提前凋零
美国国家公园管理局的数据显示，华盛顿特区樱花的开花时间越来越早。满开（peak bloom）是指70%的花朵均开花的时候，如今的满开时间比历史上的平均日期4月4日早了整整两个星期。樱花花期的发展高度依赖于天气条件，而目前樱花树正在努力应对更短的冬季和更频繁的极端天气。
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Future of the Environment
Cherry blossom patterns are shifting
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Water
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Only 25% of people globally have access to safely managed water, says the World Health Organization, making water shortages a big social and economic risk.
Energy Transition
Here's what wind power generation looks like in the US
Texas is the US state with the most wind power generation, with enough to power 12.2 million homes. Non-coastal states are building more than coastal ones.
Electricity
1 in 7 cars sold globally now is electric
Electric vehicle car sales increased by 60% in 2022, reports Quartz. China leads the EV field - one in every four cars bought there in 2022 was electric.
Forests
Here's how climate change is altering America's logging industry
As the climate crisis continues to destroy trees in North America, native forests are migrating north and lumber producers are moving south.
Arctic
Spruce trees have arrived in the Arctic a century earlier than expected. Here's why
Young white spruce trees are expanding north, now growing in the Arctic tundra a century earlier than climate scientists expected, a new study shows.
Agriculture, Food and Beverage
The war in Ukraine is pushing countries short on food to famine
Climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic and internal conflicts are all giving rise to global hunger and now the war in Ukraine is exacerbating the problem.
United States
Shrinkflation: How inflation is downsizing some of your favourite foods
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United States
New business application data show US entrepreneurship has leveled off
US business applications ramped up hugely in 2020 to unseen levels. The US Census Bureau's data shows what has happened with US entrepreneurship since then.
Book Club
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Sustainable Development
How can indigenous knowledge help us create sustainable food systems?
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Energy Transition
How the US East Coast could become a powerhouse for green energy jobs
US' plan to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, requires a massive increase in wind projects which can make its East Coast a powerhouse of green energy jobs
Singapore
3 ways Singapore's urban farms are improving food security
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