In Just 7 Months, the World Used an Entire Year's Worth of Planetary Resources: 'Earth Overshoot Day' landed on August 2 this year—one more sign that we're using ...
time.com/6300968/earth-overshoot-day-global-resources/
Quick Glance: Earth Consumes Resources: Ecological Debt Begins on August 2
- This year, humanity will start accumulating an 'ecological debt' from August 2 and will continue to do so for 151 days, according to calculations by the North American organization Global Footprint Network.
- The Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity has consumed all the resources that ecosystems are capable of producing in one year.
- Thus, the Earth Overshoot Day for 2022 has been recalculated and set on August 1.
- According to the Global Footprint Network, this one-day difference compared to 2022 is insufficient to limit global warming to +1.5°C.
Space Startup AstroForge Wants to Launch an Asteroid Mining Revolution: It isn’t rocket science—it’s much, much harder.
thedailybeast.com/space-startup-astroforge-wants-to-launch-an-asteroid-mining-revolution
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