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Oysters continuously filter coastal waters and deposit excess nitrogen into the ocean floor sediment, a natural process known as nitrogen burial. A recent study demonstrates that this ecosystem service has an economic value 42% higher than previously estimated.
#MarineEcology #Biogeochemistry #EnvironmentalEconomics #CoastalManagement #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/05/eco05242601.html

Economic Value of Oyster Reefs

UNC researchers reveal oyster reefs bury nitrogen at rates making them 42% more economically valuable, offering new ways to improve water quality.

Neljor Sa Mar 19

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Dining and Cooking Feb 23

Unmasking deforestation footprints across the global food system

Sims, M. J. et al. Environ. Res. Lett. 20, 074027 (2025). Article ADS Google Scholar Hoang, N. T. & Kanemoto, K. Nat. Ecol. Evol. 5, 845–853 (2021). Article PubMed Google Scholar Singh, C. & Per…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Food #Environmentaleconomics #Forestry #HumanitiesandSocialSciences #multidisciplinary #science
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2526950/unmasking-deforestation-footprints-across-the-global-food-system/

The-14 Jan 12

The economics of climate risk ignores the value of natural habitats
#Environment #ClimateRisk #NatureEconomy #SustainableFinance #Biodiversity #Ecosystems #ClimateFinance #EnvironmentalEconomics #FinancialStability #NaturalCapital #ClimateAdaptation
https://the-14.com/the-economics-of-climate-risk-ignores-the-value-of-natural-habitats/

The economics of climate risk ignores the value of natural habitats | The-14

Climate risk economics overlook nature’s value. From insured reefs to food and insurance costs, ecosystems economic infrastructure shaping stability and prices.

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Andii אַנדִֽי Jan 10

''Should AI, for example, face energy rationing? Why not? It's creating the energy shortage. Why should they have a right to energy when real-life human beings may not get it?Should data centres pay the additional costs that they will be imposing upon energy systems? Why not? They want the profits; they should pay the costs. "
https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01/09/ai-is-draining-our-energy/
#AI #environmentalEconomics #economics

AI is draining our energy

Artificial intelligence is not virtual, clean, or weightless. It has a rapidly escalating physical cost in electricity, water, and emissions—and ordinary people will pay the price. Research shows that AI data centres could soon consume electricity on the scale of entire nations. At the same time, AI cooling systems are diverting vast...

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Donald Power Dec 10

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ALSO on web ... Diez capítulos disponibles en español, AND Six in English: http://openengineering.scienceontheweb.net/EconOfWant.html

More information https://sites.google.com/view/economyofwant

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glennmagusharvey Nov 28, 2025

So I'm sure you've run across the "conventional wisdom" (or stereotype, heh) that eco-friendly products cost more than regular ones. What is the actual proper economics term for this?

I want to know what it's called because I want to look into the research people have done on this topic. If you know of important papers, do please let me know too!

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PDH Sep 23, 2025

I'm glad, I'm not living in the #US , finishing a PhD in #EnvironmentalEconomics and looking for a #Job in the field of #InternationalCooperation is difficult in Germany. However, a president who hates the #UN, dismantles #USAID and thinks #ClimateChange is a #hoax would make my job search hell. Starting my PhD in 2019 at the peak of #FFF protests, I hoped the world is on the right path. I'm not so hopeful anymore.

Donald Power Jul 23, 2025

The first six chapters of 'An Economy of Want' are now on the web, here: http://openengineering.scienceontheweb.net/EconOfWant.html There's an overview, or just dive in!

Economics primer based firmly in the natural world ... for those familiar with mainstream economics also interested in alternative analyses, or anyone new to economics who wants an approachable introduction.

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Donald Power Jun 14, 2025

¿Será suficiente la política de «crecimiento verde» (reemplazar los productos existentes por otros más ecológicos que utilicen menos energía o materiales)?

Is 'green growth' - replacing existing products with greener ones that use less energy or materials - going to be enough by itself?

"Is 'Green Growth' greenwash?" https://sites.google.com/view/economyofwant/home/is-green-growth-greenwash

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An Economy Of Want - Is 'Green Growth' greenwash?

Is ‘Green Growth’ an oxymoron, a contradiction in terms making no more sense that ‘healthy poison’ or ‘dry water’? Generally the term is used to describe investment in, and the growing production of, new technologies that use less energy (or are kinder to the environment in other ways) than the