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Rise of archery in Andes Mountains dated to 5,000 years ago -- earlier than previous research

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

Focusing on the Lake Titicaca Basin in the Andes mountains, anthropologists found through analysis of 1,179 projectile points that the rise of archery technology dates to around 5,000 years ago. Previous research held that archery in the Andes emerged around 3,000 years ago.

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Climate Tech Startup Andes Raises $30 Million to Remove Carbon using Farm Soil

ESG Today

Climate tech solutions startup Andes announced the completion of a $30 million Series A funding round, aimed at enabling the company to expand its microorganism-based carbon removal solution and commercialize its carbon removal credits.

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Andes releases nature-based, carbon-removing technology

Environmental News Bits

Carbon removal company, Andes, in partnership with EcoEngineers, has developed a carbon-removing technology that uses natural processes to remove and sequester carbon. The biotechnology captures and stores carbon permanently in soil, where it is then turned into nutrients naturally by microorganisms in plant roots.

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Andes Raises $30M in Series A for Carbon Sequestration Technology

Environment + Energy Leader

At this time, the startup claims its technology has removed over 50,000 tons of CO2 from the atmosphere, while also benefiting soil and plant health. The post Andes Raises $30M in Series A for Carbon Sequestration Technology appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Why the rush to mine lithium could dry up the High Andes

GreenBiz

A mining boom in mountainous Argentina, Chile and Bolivia, home to half the world’s lithium reserves, could drain vital ecosystems and deprive Indigenous communities of water.

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How did the Andes Mountains get so huge? A new geological research method may hold the answer

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

How did the Andes -- the world's longest mountain range -- reach its enormous size? This is just one of the geological questions that a new method may be able to answer. With unprecedented precision, the method allows researchers to estimate how Earth's tectonic plates changed speed over the past millions of years.

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New research challenges hunter-gatherer narrative

Science Daily / Earth & Environment

Analysis of the remains of 24 individuals from the Wilamaya Patjxa and Soro Mik'aya Patjxa burial sites in Peru shows that early human diets in the Andes Mountains were composed of 80 percent plant matter and 20 percent meat.

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