Gail McCormick – Our Fragile Earth

RELEASING LITHIUM

Lithium, a critical battery material, hidden in pyrite within ancient shale rocks, could be extracted from existing waste, reducing the[…]

Africa’s forests, once vital allies in fighting against climate change, have turned from a carbon sink into a carbon source[…]

Incorporating trees into cropland can sequester large amounts of carbon. Mixed croplands interspersed with fruit trees can be five times[…]

Africa’s Congo Basin’s vast peatlands store enormous amounts of carbon. This ancient vault may be leaking. Significant amounts of carbon[…]

The Earth gets hotter the deeper you go. About four kilometers down the rock itself gets so hot that it[…]

At today’s pace of research and development, and without rapid emissions reduction, solutions will arrive too late for coral reefs.[…]

A new kind of carbon material could make carbon capture much cheaper and more efficient. By carefully controlling how nitrogen[…]

As Arctic permafrost thaws, it’s dramatically reshaping rivers and releasing vast amounts of ancient carbon locked away for thousands of[…]

Warming across the U.S. is far more uneven than it seems. While only about half of states show rising average[…]

Warming across the U.S. is far more uneven than it seems. While only about half of states show rising average[…]