carbon emissions

Now Is the Perfect Time to Rethink Green Transportation

Now Is the Perfect Time to Rethink Green Transportation

By Kevin J. Krizek Sticking closer to home because of COVID-19 has shown many people what cities can be like with less traffic, noise, congestion and pollution. Roads and parking lots devoted to cars take up a lot of land. For example, in Phoenix, Los Angeles and New York City these spaces account for over […]

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    New Study Finds China and EU Soy Imports Are Increasing Brazil’s Deforestation

    New Study Finds China and EU Soy Imports Are Increasing Brazil’s Deforestation

    By Chris Arsenault A first ever study has provided detailed estimates of greenhouse gas emissions across the entire soy producing agribusiness sector in Brazil. The study, published in the journal Global Environmental Change, found that countries and companies in the European Union and China importing soy from Brazil have driven deforestation there, causing a marked […]

    Australian Brewery Incorporates Algae Into Beer Production

    Australian Brewery Incorporates Algae Into Beer Production

    By Josh Bonifield The Australian brewery Young Henrys is working to fight climate change with an unusual ingredient—algae. The fermentation process that occurs during beer production releases massive amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2), which can contribute to climate change. It takes a tree approximately two days to absorb the CO2 released from producing one six […]

    These Danish Companies Plan to Decarbonize Transportation

    These Danish Companies Plan to Decarbonize Transportation

    By Johnny Wood A group of Danish companies are joining forces to build one of the world’s largest facilities producing synthetic fuels. The unique partnership aims to help decarbonize the country’s transport sector by manufacturing sustainable alternatives to fossil-based fuels like gas and diesel. Participating companies include many of Denmark’s key transport and logistics players: […]

    3 Innovations Leading the Fight to Save Our Ocean

    3 Innovations Leading the Fight to Save Our Ocean

    By Kaya Bulbul The ocean is our lifeline – we rely on it for the food we eat, the air we breathe, as well as for millions for jobs worldwide. As we continue to grapple with the issues of overfishing, plastic pollution, and climate change, there exists an opportunity to address these existential threats with […]

    Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Levels Are at Their Highest in 23 Million Years

    Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Levels Are at Their Highest in 23 Million Years

    Human activity has pushed atmospheric carbon dioxide to higher levels today than they have been at any other point in the last 23-million-years, potentially posing unprecedented disruptions in ecosystems across the planet, new research suggests. Understanding atmospheric concentrations of CO2 is “vital for understanding Earth’s climate system” because it “imparts a controlling effect on global […]

    Data Find Rainforests Lost 14,000 Square Miles in 2019

    Data Find Rainforests Lost 14,000 Square Miles in 2019

    Satellite data collated for the World Resources Institute (WRI) showed primal rainforest was lost across 38,000 square kilometers (14,500 square miles) globally — ruining habitats and releasing carbon once locked in wood into the atmosphere. The count by the University of Maryland means that 2019 was the third most devastating year for primary forests — […]

    10 Things You Can Do to Help Save the Earth

    10 Things You Can Do to Help Save the Earth

    By Katie Lambert and Sarah Gleim The United Nations suggests that climate change is not just the defining issue of our time, but we are also at a defining moment in history. Weather patterns are changing and will threaten food production, and sea levels are rising and could cause catastrophic flooding across the globe. Countries […]

    Another Hole in the Ozone Layer? Climate Change May Be to Blame

    Another Hole in the Ozone Layer? Climate Change May Be to Blame

    By Jeremy Deaton You may have heard about the hole in the ozone layer, which hovers over Antarctica. It has shrunk over time thanks to policies that curbed the use of ozone-depleting chemicals. In the nearly 40 years that NASA has kept track, it has never been smaller. That’s the good news. The bad news […]