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The main stage also has a thick concrete ceiling, and its subtly faceted acoustic wall panels, embedded with micro-perforations, double as sound absorbers and diffusers, subtly tuning the space.

“I noticed that I started to feel really content with packaging my food, sticking them in the oxygen absorber, and then putting them in my bin,” Moffitt said.

Agroforestry and rewilding could transform the agricultural sector from a major generator to a net absorber of carbon emissions.

Women are being sent to prison essentially as a punishment for being poor and falling into debt - they are the shock absorbers of poverty.

Scientists have long known that the ocean, the largest absorber of carbon on Earth, directly controls the amount of atmospheric carbon dioxide.