Collaborate Disseminate
J. Doyne Farmer is the director of the complexity economics program at the Institute for New Economic Thinking in Oxford’s research and policy unit. And he reminds us that solar and wind energy “are very likely to get even less expensive and grow quick… Continue reading Clean Energy Should Get Cheaper and Grow Even Faster
Past studies have suggested a major ocean current could collapse, quickly changing temperatures and climate patterns, reports the Washington Post.
“But scientists disagree on whether the the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is alread… Continue reading Despite Predictions of Collapse for Ocean Current, Researchers Find a Key Component is ‘Remarkably Stable’
Researchers propose a “deceptively simple” way to sequester carbon, reports the Washington Post: burying wood underground:
Forests are Earth’s lungs, sucking up six times more carbon dioxide (CO2) than the amount people pump into the atmosphere every … Continue reading A Cheap, Low-Tech Solution For Storing Carbon? Researchers Suggest Burying Wood
An anonymous reader shares a report: The Pacific country of Kiribati might be surrounded by water, but on land its population is running dry. The ocean around them is steadily encroaching, contaminating underground wells and leeching salt into the soil… Continue reading Low-Lying Pacific Islands Pin Hopes on UN Meeting as Sea Rise Threatens Survival
A startup called Amogy has successfully converted a 67-year-old diesel tugboat to run on clean ammonia, marking a significant milestone in the transition to zero-emissions propulsion in the maritime industry. The Associated Press reports: Amogy’s syste… Continue reading Tugboat Powered By Ammonia Sails For the First Time
Industrial civilisation is close to breaching a seventh planetary boundary, and may already have crossed it, according to scientists who have compiled the latest report on the state of the world’s life-support systems. From a report: “Ocean acidificati… Continue reading Earth May Have Breached Seven of Nine Planetary Boundaries, Health Check Shows
Asteroids can devastate the planet in an instant – just ask the dinosaurs. Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories have now demonstrated a proof of concept method to deflect a potential Earthbound asteroid using a blast of X-rays.Continue ReadingCat… Continue reading X-rays could deflect dangerous Earthbound asteroids
A massive Antarctic glacier, dubbed the “Doomsday Glacier,” is melting at an accelerating rate and could be approaching irreversible collapse, international researchers are reporting. The Thwaites Glacier, holding enough ice to raise global sea levels … Continue reading Antarctic ‘Doomsday Glacier’ Melting Faster, Scientists Warn
A national “butterfly emergency” has been declared by Butterfly Conservation after the lowest Big Butterfly Count since records began. From a report: An average of just seven butterflies per 15-minute count were recorded by participants in this summer’… Continue reading ‘Butterfly Emergency’ Declared as UK Summer Count Hits Record Low
Electric cars now outnumber petrol cars in Norway for the first time, an industry organisation has said, a world first that puts the country on track towards taking fossil fuel vehicles off the road. From a report: Of the 2.8m private cars registered i… Continue reading Norway Hits Milestone as Electric Cars Surpass Petrol Vehicles