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Chartwells Higher Education Shares Top 5 Food Trends for the 2023 Fall Semester

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Wednesday, August 30, 2023

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Food trends are constantly changing and evolving to meet the demands of younger generations. Today's college students have a plethora of options when it comes to campus dining, and they continue to drive the changes being made in food with the latest trends. That's why the culinarians at Chartwells Higher Education, a recognized leader in contract food management, compiled a list of the top five food trends to look out for on college campuses this fall semester.

Key Points: 
  • That's why the culinarians at Chartwells Higher Education, a recognized leader in contract food management, compiled a list of the top five food trends to look out for on college campuses this fall semester.
  • "Our chefs and campus dining teams are constantly researching the latest food crazes, listening to student feedback, and experimenting with global flavors to innovate our menus based on emerging trends," said Joe Labombarda, Vice President of Culinary at Chartwells Higher Education.
  • Here are five food trends to be aware of in college dining in 2023 according to Labombarda and Chartwells Higher Education's culinary team:
    By land and sea: demand for plant-based meat and seafood will continue to rise.
  • Chartwells Higher Education's culinarians are always aiming to deliver fun, creative menus for students as trends evolve.

EQS-News: Mangrove LuxCo III S.à r.l.: Invitation Q2 2023 Investor Conference Call

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Tuesday, August 29, 2023

We are pleased to invite you to the Q2 2023 investor conference call of Mangrove LuxCo III S.à r.l.

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  • We are pleased to invite you to the Q2 2023 investor conference call of Mangrove LuxCo III S.à r.l.
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    On the conference call, Mangrove LuxCo III S.à r.l.
  • will discuss the bondholder quarterly reports for Q2 2023 and the results of operations of Mangrove LuxCo III S.à r.l.
  • The Group’s bondholder quarterly reports for Q2 2023 have been released at the investor website of the Mangrove Group at Syndtrak.

Canadian Solar EP Cube Achieves LUMA Certification in Puerto Rico, Reinforces Commitment to a Sustainable Future

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Monday, August 28, 2023

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Aug. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Canadian Solar announces the attainment of LUMA certification in Puerto Rico for the EP Cube, a vertically-developed residential storage system.

Key Points: 
  • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Aug. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Canadian Solar announces the attainment of LUMA certification in Puerto Rico for the EP Cube, a vertically-developed residential storage system.
  • EP Cube is available to homeowners and installers in Puerto Rico who want to take advantage of the recently announced solar incentive program from the Puerto Rico Department of Housing.
  • "Earning LUMA certification is a significant achievement that reflects our unwavering commitment to a sustainable future in Puerto Rico," says Andy Yin, the General Manager of Eternalplanet, an independent brand under Canadian Solar that designed and developed EP Cube.
  • The attainment of LUMA certification highlights Canadian Solar and Eternalplant's resolute commitment to Puerto Rico's energy landscape.

Invest Puerto Rico partners with Newlab to turn waste and resources into new solutions and products

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Friday, August 25, 2023

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Aug. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Invest Puerto Rico (InvestPR), the island's business attraction organization, in strategic partnership with Newlab, a renowned center of invention based in Brooklyn, NY, will establish an innovative project to convert unmanaged or landfilled items, such as sargassum seaweed, plastics and tires, into new value-added products.    

Key Points: 
  • Invest Puerto Rico and Newlab are recruiting entrepreneurs and early-stage companies to pilot innovative waste conversion solutions.
  • Through technology and collaboration, the partners will unlock the potential for renewable life cycles of materials, such as end-of-life tires, waste plastics and sargassum seaweed.
  • Tires are a damaging waste stream in Puerto Rico, with up to 18,000 tires being disposed daily on the island.
  • The project aims to transform discarded tires into valuable resources, reduce landfill waste and contribute to a circular economy.

"Global Boiling" Rejected by Many - Widening Gap in Scientific Opinion says Friends of Science Society

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Friday, August 25, 2023

CALGARY, AB, Aug. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- July's heat caused UN Sec. Gen. Antonio Guterres to claim we are now in the era of 'global boiling,' a view not held by everyone says Friends of Science Society. Cases in point NBC reported" for saying things like "more people are dying of bad climate change policies than they are of actual climate change." Ramaswamy is a bio-tech entrepreneur and author of "Woke, Inc" which denounces corporate social 'justice.'

Key Points: 
  • Gen. Guterres declared we are in an era of 'global boiling,' Vivek Ramaswamy, US Presidential candidate disputes climate change agenda, says Friends of Science Society.
  • Gen. Antonio Guterres to claim we are now in the era of ' global boiling ,' a view not held by everyone says Friends of Science Society.
  • Friends of Science Society's report " Clean Electricity Standard: Delusion vs Reality " outlines the impacts and challenges of attempting to reach NetZero goals and decarbonize Canada.
  • China has a publicly stated bid to become the globally dominant power by 2049, as reported by Bloomberg Oct. 26, 2022.

How do coral reefs thrive in parts of the ocean that are low in nutrients? By eating their algal companions

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Thursday, August 24, 2023

Coral reefs thrive in parts of the world’s oceans that are low in nutrients.

Key Points: 
  • Coral reefs thrive in parts of the world’s oceans that are low in nutrients.
  • This mystery has puzzled scientists for centuries and has become known as the “Darwin paradox of coral reefs”.
  • We found that many species of coral cultivate and feed on the microscopic algae that live inside their cells.
  • Coral reefs are important underwater ecosystems that provide a home and feeding ground for countless organisms, sustaining around 25% of the world’s ocean biodiversity.

Vegetarian diet

    • This nutrient compound was marked by a technique called isotopic labelling, which uses nitrogen atoms that are heavier than normal.
    • These “heavy” isotopes allowed us to track the movement of nitrogen between the partners of the symbiosis by ultrasensitive detection methods.
    • Our data suggest that most species of symbiotic corals can supplement their nutrition through such a vegetarian diet.

From the laboratory to the ocean

    • Together with our colleagues, we also analysed corals growing around remote islands in the Indian Ocean, some with seabirds on them and some without.
    • Our results show that corals have the potential to farm and feed on their symbiont algae in the wild too.

Global warming could complicate matters

    • In the future, some coral reefs could face a decrease in nutrient availability due to global warming.
    • Research suggests that warming surface waters are less likely to receive nutrients from deeper water layers.
    • The reduced water productivity could result in fewer nutrients for their symbionts and subsequently less food for the coral animals.

Coral reefs: How climate change threatens the hidden diversity of marine ecosystems

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Thursday, August 24, 2023

Like the heat waves on land we have all grown familiar with, marine heat waves are being amplified by climate change.

Key Points: 
  • Like the heat waves on land we have all grown familiar with, marine heat waves are being amplified by climate change.
  • These extreme warm water events have ushered in some of the most catastrophic impacts of climate change and are now a major threat to ocean life.
  • As climate change pushes corals beyond their limits, a key question is why different corals vary in their sensitivity to warm waters.

Pushing corals out of their comfort zones

    • Corals are highly adapted to the temperature of their local waters, with temperatures even 1 C warmer than normal pushing them out of their comfort zone.
    • Unusually warm water disrupts the vital relationship between stony corals (the reef-builders) and their symbiotic partners, microscopic algae that provide food to the corals.

Cryptic diversity within a widespread coral species

    • We focused on the widespread lobed coral (Porites lobata).
    • This species is amongst the most heat-tolerant corals, and despite almost 90 per cent of all coral cover being lost on Kiritimati, over half of lobed corals survived.
    • Such biodiversity is known as “cryptic diversity” or “hidden diversity.” Although cryptic diversity is widespread across corals, its ecological implications remain unclear.

Marine heat waves threaten cryptic diversity

    • Thus, even in a coral widely considered to be stress tolerant, heat waves can have hidden impacts, threatening diversity that is invisible to the naked eye.
    • Hardly – the Barrier Reef is still in hot water

      If future marine heat waves continue to have similar effects, eventually sensitive genotypes like this one could be completely lost, reducing the genetic diversity of coral reefs.

A forced breakup

    • One hypothesis is that they house symbiotic partners with different heat sensitivities.
    • We found that the distinct Porites lineages had different partnerships before the heat wave.
    • The survivors of all lineages had similar symbionts, suggesting specialized relationships between the partners had been lost under extreme temperatures.

Implications for conserving coral reefs

    • Cryptic species often occupy unique ecological niches and play specific roles within ecosystems.
    • Using heat tolerant cryptic lineages in restoration approaches, for example, could help make reefs more tolerant to future warming.
    • While targeted efforts to bolster coral reefs against climate change may buy limited time, the current heat waves blanketing the world’s oceans underscore that the ocean is simply becoming too hot for corals and we need to act rapidly to mitigate the damage.

Coral reefs: How climate change threatens the hidden diversity of aquatic ecosystems

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Like the heat waves on land we have all grown familiar with, marine heat waves are being amplified by climate change.

Key Points: 
  • Like the heat waves on land we have all grown familiar with, marine heat waves are being amplified by climate change.
  • These extreme warm water events have ushered in some of the most catastrophic impacts of climate change and are now a major threat to ocean life.
  • As climate change pushes corals beyond their limits, a key question is why different corals vary in their sensitivity to warm waters.

Pushing corals out of their comfort zones

    • Corals are highly adapted to the temperature of their local waters, with temperatures even 1 C warmer than normal pushing them out of their comfort zone.
    • Unusually warm water disrupts the vital relationship between stony corals (the reef-builders) and their symbiotic partners, microscopic algae that provide food to the corals.

Cryptic diversity within a widespread coral species

    • We focused on the widespread lobed coral (Porites lobata).
    • This species is amongst the most heat-tolerant corals, and despite almost 90 per cent of all coral cover being lost on Kiritimati, over half of lobed corals survived.
    • Such biodiversity is known as “cryptic diversity” or “hidden diversity.” Although cryptic diversity is widespread across corals, its ecological implications remain unclear.

Marine heat waves threaten cryptic diversity

    • Thus, even in a coral widely considered to be stress tolerant, heat waves can have hidden impacts, threatening diversity that is invisible to the naked eye.
    • Hardly – the Barrier Reef is still in hot water

      If future marine heat waves continue to have similar effects, eventually sensitive genotypes like this one could be completely lost, reducing the genetic diversity of coral reefs.

A forced breakup

    • One hypothesis is that they house symbiotic partners with different heat sensitivities.
    • We found that the distinct Porites lineages had different partnerships before the heat wave.
    • The survivors of all lineages had similar symbionts, suggesting specialized relationships between the partners had been lost under extreme temperatures.

Implications for conserving coral reefs

    • Cryptic species often occupy unique ecological niches and play specific roles within ecosystems.
    • Using heat tolerant cryptic lineages in restoration approaches, for example, could help make reefs more tolerant to future warming.
    • While targeted efforts to bolster coral reefs against climate change may buy limited time, the current heat waves blanketing the world’s oceans underscore that the ocean is simply becoming too hot for corals and we need to act rapidly to mitigate the damage.

Biomethane Market to Reach $5.5 Billion, Globally, by 2032 at 5.7% CAGR: Allied Market Research

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Tuesday, August 22, 2023

PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Allied Market Research published a report, titled, "Biomethane Market by Feedstock (Organic Household, Animal Manure, Energy Crops, Agricultural Waste, Sewage Sludge, and Industrial Food Processing Waste), Production Method (Anaerobic Digestion, Gasification, and Fermentation) and by Application (Power Generation, Automotive, and Others): Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2023-2032". According to the report, the global biomethane industry generated $3.1 billion in 2022 and is estimated to reach $5.5 billion by 2032, exhibiting a CAGR of 5.7% from 2023 to 2032.

Key Points: 
  • Depending on the feedstock, the energy crops segment held the highest market share in 2022, accounting for more than one-third of the global biomethane market.
  • This is attributed to their high energy content, which allows for efficient conversion into biomethane.
  • Depending on the application, the automotive segment held the highest market share in 2022, accounting for around two-thirds of the global biomethane market.
  • India has been investing in biomethane production from various organic waste sources, including agricultural residues, animal manure, and food waste.

Biomethane Market to Reach $5.5 Billion, Globally, by 2032 at 5.7% CAGR: Allied Market Research

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Tuesday, August 22, 2023

PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Allied Market Research published a report, titled, "Biomethane Market by Feedstock (Organic Household, Animal Manure, Energy Crops, Agricultural Waste, Sewage Sludge, and Industrial Food Processing Waste), Production Method (Anaerobic Digestion, Gasification, and Fermentation) and by Application (Power Generation, Automotive, and Others): Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2023-2032". According to the report, the global biomethane industry generated $3.1 billion in 2022 and is estimated to reach $5.5 billion by 2032, exhibiting a CAGR of 5.7% from 2023 to 2032.

Key Points: 
  • Depending on the feedstock, the energy crops segment held the highest market share in 2022, accounting for more than one-third of the global biomethane market.
  • This is attributed to their high energy content, which allows for efficient conversion into biomethane.
  • Depending on the application, the automotive segment held the highest market share in 2022, accounting for around two-thirds of the global biomethane market.
  • India has been investing in biomethane production from various organic waste sources, including agricultural residues, animal manure, and food waste.