AWESOME AQUIFER THERMAL ENERGY
Aquifer thermal energy storage systems can largely contribute to climate-friendly heating and cooling of buildings. Heated water stored underground can[…]
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Author: Gail McCormick
Gail McCormick has been a leader in climate change activism for over 40 years. Her relevant award-winning art has been shown in museums, university galleries, and at the landmark UN Rio Conference. As a board member of HealthLink, she helped eradicate antiquated Massachusetts coal power plants and has been chair of Sustainable Arlington, MA. She has a Master’s degree from Columbia University. Follow her on Twitter @GailMcCormick20.
CO2 AND LESS NUTRITIOUS FOOD
Directly affecting plants, increased concentrations of CO2 worsen the nutritional quality of food by decreasing protein and mineral concentrations from[…]
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MORE YET ON AMAZING ALGAE
Photo: limestone Global cement production accounts for 7% of annual greenhouse gas emissions in large part through burning of quarried[…]
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DYING OLMSTED PARKS
Photo: Boston’s “Emerald Necklace” Several parks designed by Olmsted (father of landscape architecture) and his sons are now dying from[…]
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SUSTAINABLE AVIATION
The United States is the largest contributor to aviation CO2 emissions in the world–responsible for more than a quarter of[…]
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MOURNING THE LOSS OF EGYPT’S MONUMENTS
As Egypt warms almost twice as fast as the rest of the world, the Nile is drying up. Rising seawater[…]
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CAPTURING HUMAN PRODUCTION OF CO2
In densely populated buildings, CO2 emissions from human respiration is surprisingly high, and growing rooftop spinach in CO2 recycled from[…]
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UNEXPECTED MELTING GLACIERS/SEA LEVEL RISE CONNECTION
Ice is continuously streaming off Greenland’s melting glaciers at an accelerating rate, dramatically increasing global sea levels. How much ice[…]
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MORE YET ON AMAZING ALGAE
Photo: Microalgae cultivation facility, Hawaii Photosynthesizing farmed algae along marginal coastal lands globally, in ponds of seawater pumped up from[…]
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YET ANOTHER WAKE-UP CALL
The past eight years are on track to be the eight warmest on record. The rate of sea level rise[…]
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