Carbon

Environment

The plastics industry’s carbon footprint has doubled in the past few decades » Yale Climate Connections

Plastic is used in many products — from containers and bags to electronics and vehicles. And it’s a significant source…

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Tech

Flooding Wetlands Could Be the Next Big Carbon Capture Hack

Powered by solar energy, these bores have had just as much effect as the original breaching of the bund, but…

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Environment

Queensland farming lobby launches legal challenge against Great Artesian Basin carbon capture trial | Australia news

Queensland farming body AgForce has launched legal action against the federal government in a bid to stop liquified carbon dioxide…

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Environment

‘We don’t know where the money is going’: the ‘carbon cowboys’ making millions from credit schemes | Carbon offsetting

In the districts surrounding Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe, most people have little idea their villages were at the centre of…

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World

Drought, soil desiccation cracking, and carbon dioxide emissions: an overlooked feedback loop exacerbating climate change

The accuracy of climate models depends on many factors — greenhouse gas emissions from industrial and transportation activity, farm animal…

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Environment

Volcanoes emit carbon dioxide, but not nearly as much as humans » Yale Climate Connections

During an explosive eruption, volcanoes spew ash and gases into the stratosphere. Those gases can linger and affect the climate…

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World

Rock weathering and climate: Low-relief mountain ranges are largest carbon sinks

For many hundreds of millions of years, the average temperature at the surface of the Earth has varied by not…

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Environment

What is ‘embodied carbon’? » Yale Climate Connections

Buildings can create a lot of global warming carbon pollution, from the electricity for lights and appliances to the oil…

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Health

Small dietary changes can cut your carbon footprint by 25%

The latest Canada’s Food Guide presents a paradigm shift in nutrition advice, nixing traditional food groups, including meat and dairy,…

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Environment

UK gives £600m backing to Jim Ratcliffe’s ‘carbon bomb’ petrochemical plant | Plastics

The UK government is providing a €700m (£600m) guarantee for the billionaire Jim Ratcliffe to build the biggest petrochemical plant…

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