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Now, the MIT team has shown that the carbon-trapping clays are a product of plate tectonics: When oceanic crust crushes against a continental plate, it can bring rocks to the surface that, over time, can weather into minerals including smectite. Eventually, the clay sediment settles back in the ocean, where the minerals trap bits of…
After so many climate initiatives, from IPCC reports to COP meetings to the Paris Accords, that have generated a lot of hot air and not much climate action, if you are not cynical or jaded, you have not been paying attention. So it is fitting that this year’s COP is being held in Dubai, one…
I think this misses the point of the “wrong story” narrative. But it’s a start. We’re not gonig to solve novel problems with old thinking. Consuming our way out of climate change is as dumb as fucking your way to virginity. The picture Sunak painted was a dishonest one. He argued that ordinary, working people…
Reuters and other outlets whose in-house ad agencies are striking commercial deals with fossil fuel companies are trusted not only by the public, but by politicians and other key decision-makers. According to communications agency BCW’s annual survey of media brands in Europe, Politico, Reuters, the Financial Times and the Economist top the list of most influential media…
The melting Greenland ice sheet is the single largest contributor to global sea-level rise — and some experts are warning it could soon cross the threshold into a slow but irreversible death spiral. A sweeping new scientific report, with contributions from more than 200 researchers, finds that continued warming could trigger not only the collapse of…
Scientists used electronic printable inks, using a technique similar to how designs are printed on t-shirts. As these thin solar cells are difficult to handle and can tear easily, scientists searched for a lightweight, flexible, and resilient material that could adhere to those solar cells. The fabric they chose was Dyneema Composite Fabric, a material known…
A growing number of companies have recently produced battery systems using common rocks that can connect directly to wind and solar, or electricity sourced through the grid. When the energy is captured, the system turns it into heat, which is then stored in the rocks. Later, when users need power, the heat is then converted…
China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) has unveiled plans for what could potentially become the world’s largest nuclear-powered containership. Plans for the 24,000-TEU-class ship was unveiled Tuesday at Marintec China expo in Shanghai. The vessel will utilize a fourth-generation Molten Salt Reactor (MSR) to generate electricity. “The ultra-large nuclear container ship is designed to truly achieve…
An Emirati oil executive has landed in hot water after claiming that there’s “no science” behind phasing out fossil fuels to keep global temperatures from creeping above 1.5 degrees Celsius, an internationally agreed-upon climate benchmark. His comment, made during a panel led by former UN special envoy for climate change Mary Robinson, particularly struck a nerve as…
…the [International Maritime Organization]’s 175 member states recently voted unanimously to adopt a more ambitious set of climate goals. These new goals, agreed upon in July 2023, would see countries strive for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping by “close to” 2050. Countries committed to trying to cut international shipping’s annual emissions by at least 20…
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