مخلفات السماق تتحول إلى مادة واعدة لتنقية المياه من الفلوريد
طوّر باحثون صينيون مادة مركبة مسامية من مخلفات نبات السماق الغازي، أظهرت قدرة عالية على إزالة الفلوريد من المياه الملوثة
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Turkish villagers demand COP31 leaders see for themselves devastation caused by coal
By Ali KucukgocmenIKIZKOY, Turkey, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Local official Nejla Isik is among the villagers living beside a coal mine who demand that world leaders gathering in Turkey for COP31 climate talks leave the conference venue to inspect the devastation decades of lignite extraction have caused.Beginning on Monday, the transition to cleaner energy will be among the themes at the UN conference that continues until November 20 in Antalya on Turkey's Mediterranean coast.
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Turkey's COP31 message: electrify, recycle, don't mention coal
As the COP31 climate summit approaches, host nation Turkey is putting electrification front and centre, touting its renewables boom while pushing its Zero Waste agenda as a way to reduce methane emissions. But local environmental campaigners say it sidesteps the "elephant in the room" of Turkey's ongoing reliance on coal and obscures the fact it has effectively become "Europe's dumping ground" for plastic waste.
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COP31 is starting in Turkey. What's on the agenda?
Droughts, floods and extreme heat are upping the pressure on delegates at the UN climate talks in Antalya, Turkey. Can countries move beyond pledges to concrete action?