TheWorldCounts

Find shocking environmental facts and statistics on everything from child labor and slavery to toxic waste and climate change.

[Carbon Brief @CarbonBrief]

Interactive: What is the climate impact of eating meat and dairy? | Daisy Dunne Tom Prater Joe Goodman #CBarchive

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[Global Footprint Network @EndOvershoot]

#EarthOvershootDay marks the date when humanity has used all the biological resources that #Earth regenerates during the entire year. This year, it lands on August 2.
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#MoveTheDate

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🌊🐟 Adapting to Adversity! Coastal species are unexpectedly finding ways to thrive on plastic debris in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. #SaveOurSeas #PlasticFreeSeas

[Matthias Egger @oceanegger]

Our latest research shows that coastal species can survive and reproduce on plastic debris afloat in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, with as yet unknown consequences for species naturally living on the high seas.
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Our website was down due to infrastructure changes at our host. Thanks to everyone for pointing this out. The site was up and running again Dec 16. We are sorry for any inconveniences that this might have caused.

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Good news. Iceland has announced that will not issue new commercial whale hunting permits after the ones already approved for 2023 expire.

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A study made by the National States Academy of Science estimates that approximately only 4% of the mammals in the world are wild animals. 36% are humans and 60% are farm or domestic animals.

#wildlife #theworldcounts #theworldcountsfacts

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The study was part of a report carried out by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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#stopclimatechange #plants #newspecies #environmentalawareness

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#theworldcounts #takecareofourhome #takecareofourplanet

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#paperwaste #theworldcounts #paperrecycling #climatechange

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'There Will Be No Water' by 2040? Researchers Urge Global Energy Paradigm Shift https://t.co/pSMSR0q0cN #water watercrises

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Two-wheel takeover: bikes outnumber cars for the first time in Copenhagen https://t.co/b51uAf6V7f #bikes #copenhagen

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Air pollution named as leading cause in strokes https://t.co/4U6pWDoQ7d #airpollution #strokes

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Autonomous solar boat begins voyage across the Atlantic https://t.co/lZIv17mD9u #autonomoussailing #solarpower #solarenergy

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Oceans Will Contain More Plastic Than Fish By 2050 https://t.co/baO8eQ1zSZ #plastic #oceans #plasticoceans #plasticpollution

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The week in wildlife – in pictures https://t.co/iyyBfky1Yq #nature #wildlife

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Europe keeps hitting clean energy milestones https://t.co/vO7lPiyypo #cleanenergy #cleanpower #windenergy #solarenergy

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Sustainable Seafood Boom Brings Hope To An Overfished Planet https://t.co/Sew3EBkhcv #overfishing #seafood #sustainability #fishstocks

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Air pollution rising at an 'alarming rate' in world's cities https://t.co/gywdzcHIJe #airpollution #airquality

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North-east Atlantic mackerel wins back sustainable status https://t.co/yDeFAuWZKd #goodnews #sustainability #fish #mackerel

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Five Pacific islands lost to rising seas as climate change hits https://t.co/KjLmtrcOWG #climatechange #globalwarming