Tag: climate crisis
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5 Ways to Slow Down Deforestation
Deforestation rates have risen dramatically in the last century due to the population explosion and agricultural developments. To put this into perspective, half of the global forest loss occurred from 8,000 BC to 1900. The other half occurred only since the turn of the century. You would think that with over eight billion people on…
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Marine Scientist Explains How Seagrass Fights Climate Change
According to marine scientist Carlos M. Duarte, the ocean harbors an unlikely ally in the fight against climate change: seagrass. Seagrasses evolved from terrestrial plants about 100 million years ago, which explains why marine meadows resemble grass on land. While seagrasses account for only 0.1% of the seafloor, they remove about 33% of carbon in…
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Earth’s Energy Imbalance Has Doubled, According to Science
A joint NASA and NOAA study found that Earth’s energy imbalance approximately doubled between 2005 and 2019. This term refers to the difference between the Sun’s radiative energy the atmosphere absorbs and how much Earth emits to space. When the Earth gains energy (the current scenario), a positive energy imbalance occurs, and the planet heats…
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World’s Largest Solar Farm Will Provide Singapore With Clean Energy
Green energy company Sun Cable plans to open the world’s largest solar farm and battery storage facility by 2027. The Australia-Asia PowerLink (AAPowerLink), the $22 billion infrastructure project, will transmit energy to Singapore, Indonesia, and northern Australia. The clean energy will travel to Singapore along high-voltage deep-sea cables traversing 5,000 km (3100 miles) of the…
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Researchers Make an Enzyme to Break Down Plastic in Just a Few Days
Scientists have recently created a “super enzyme” that can break down plastic in a matter of days. In fact, it breaks down plastic up to six times faster than an enzyme they’d created previously. The team of scientists from the University of Portsmouth re-engineered a plastic-eating enzyme called PETase. To speed up the plastic-eating process,…
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Stanford Study Proves Climate Change Responsible For Flood Damage
A recent Stanford study found that climate change caused one-third of flood damage over the past thirty years in the U.S. Increasing rainfall due to a warmer climate caused nearly $75 billion of the estimated $199 billion. This devastation occurred from 1988 to 2017. The researchers published their research on Jan. 11, 2021 in the…