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Articles by Karina Corada-Pérez
How turning front gardens into driveways has added to night‑time heat
Warm sticky nights are becoming more and more common in the UK. Climate change is raising temperatures, but one factor that adds to that is often ignored. Walk down a city street and you see what would have been front gardens a decade or so ago have now been tarmacked over and turned into driveways. Individually these changes might seem small, but as more and more gardens disappear this increase in hard driveways can alter the way neighbourhoods heat up during the day and cool down at night.
How much microplastic are we actually breathing in?
You’ve already inhaled thousands of microscopic particles today. Some will be dust, pollen or soot, and some are plastic. Microplastics – tiny fragments shed from clothes, tyres or packaging – have been found pretty much everywhere. They’re in oceans, soils, wildlife, remote mountaintops and deep-sea trenches and the atmosphere is no exception. But how much plastic are we really breathing in? And should we be worried?
How much microplastic are we actually breathing in?
You’ve already inhaled thousands of microscopic particles today. Some will be dust, pollen or soot, and some are plastic. Microplastics – tiny fragments shed from clothes, tyres or packaging – have been found pretty much everywhere. They’re in oceans, soils, wildlife, remote mountaintops and deep-sea trenches and the atmosphere is no exception. By Ria Devereux and Karina Corada-Pérez for The Conversation. But how much plastic are we really breathing in? And should we be worried?
How the trend for turning front gardens into driveways is adding to night‑time heat Original
Warm sticky nights are becoming more and more common in the UK. Climate change is raising temperatures, but one factor that adds to that is often ignored. Walk down a city street and you see what would have been front gardens a decade or so ago have now been tarmacked over and turned into driveways. Individually these changes might seem small, but as more and more gardens disappear this increase in hard driveways can alter the way neighbourhoods heat up during the day and cool down at night.
How much microplastic are we actually breathing in? Here’s what we do and still don’t know Original
You’ve already inhaled thousands of microscopic particles today. Some will be dust, pollen or soot, and some are plastic. Microplastics – tiny fragments shed from clothes, tyres or packaging – have been found pretty much everywhere. They’re in oceans, soils, wildlife, remote mountaintops and deep-sea trenches and the atmosphere is no exception. But how much plastic are we really breathing in? And should we be worried?
How much microplastic are we actually breathing in? Here’s what we do and still don’t know
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