Portal:Environment/Did you know
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- ...that chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) can cause ozone depletion, and the ozone hole needs to take more than a decade to recover?
- ... that the recycling symbol is based on the Möbius strip?
- ... that the global ecological footprint is 1.8 global hectares (gha) per capita?
- ... that each year in 22,500 cemeteries across the United States approximately 30 million board feet (70,000 m³) of hardwoods are buried as caskets?
- ... that the Andrew W. Breidenbach Environmental Research Center was originally housed in a Cincinnati mansion built around 1815?