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2. Rayon - Wikipedia

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   In January 1993, the Mobile Tencel plant reached full production levels of 20,000 tons per year, by which time Courtaulds had spent £100 million and 10 years on Tencel development. Tencel revenues for 1993 were estimated as likely to be £50 million. A second plant in Mobile was planned. [25] By 2004, production had quadrupled to 80,000 tons. [23]

3. QR code - Wikipedia

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   The QR code system was invented in 1994, at the Denso Wave automotive products company, in Japan. [5] [6] [7] The initial alternating-square design presented by the team of researchers, headed by Masahiro Hara, was influenced by the black counters and the white counters played on a Go board; [8] the pattern of position detection was found and determined by applying the least-used ratio (1:1:3 ...

4. Climate change and insurance in the United States - Wikipedia

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   In 2015, the market for catastrophe bonds was estimated to have grown to $25.66 billion, [84] with issuance up by 27% over the previous year after steady growth over the previous three years from approximately $15 billion in 2012, [85] [86] [87] and the size of the market was expected to double over the next several years due to their increased issuance by insurance companies and other ...

5. 30 by 30 - Wikipedia

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   30 by 30 (or 30x30) is a worldwide initiative for governments to designate 30% of Earth's land and ocean area as protected areas by 2030. [1] [2] The target was proposed by a 2019 article in Science Advances, "A Global Deal for Nature: Guiding principles, milestones, and targets", highlighting the need for expanded nature conservation efforts to mitigate climate change.

6. Argentina judge halts deforestation of Chaco forest in rare move

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   According to data from NGO Fundación Vida Silvestre (Forest Life Foundation), despite Argentina having a Forest Protection Law, the Gran Chaco has lost 30% of its forests, with 76% of the ...

7. Universal Product Code - Wikipedia

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   A UPC barcode. The Universal Product Code (UPC or UPC code) is a barcode symbology that is used worldwide for tracking trade items in stores.. The chosen symbology has bars (or spaces) of exactly 1, 2, 3, or 4 units wide each; each decimal digit to be encoded consists of two bars and two spaces chosen to have a total width of 7 units, in both an "even" and an "odd" parity form, which enables ...