TREACHEROUS TIPPING POINTS
Ecological collapse is likely to start sooner than previously believed with tipping points amplifying and accelerating one another. In some[…]
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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.
WASTE SOLUTION
Most of the 1.4 billion tons of food thrown away each year worldwide goes to landfills. Rotting, it pollutes water[…]
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SOIL SEQUESTRATION
Carbon stocks buried deep underground are vulnerable to climate change with implications for mitigating global warming through the natural carbon[…]
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REDUCING OIL REFINERY EMISSIONS
States need to figure out how to clean up and decarbonize their existing oil refineries today and plan for a[…]
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FLOUNDERING FISH
Hundreds of thousands of fish washed up dead along Texas beaches over the weekend as weather, water, and temperature conditions[…]
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ANOTHER KIND OF SOLAR CELL
Lightweight and flexible, crystalline silicon solar cells could power airships and drones, or be easily integrated into electric vehicles and[…]
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FOREWARNED
The heat index—which combines temperature with humidity—-soared above 100 degrees Fahrenheit across much of Puerto Rico on June 5th, with[…]
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FANTASTIC FARM-TO-BUILDING ECO ARCHITECTURE
The atelier is the latest addition to Luma Arles, a contemporary art campus in southern France. In the former industrial[…]
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ANOTHER ARCTIC ALARM
Even if greenhouse gas emissions are sharply reduced, the Arctic will be ice-free in September in coming decades, causing an[…]
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A NEW SOURCE OF ELECTRICITY
Any material can be turned into a device that continuously harvests electricity from humidity in the air when it’s peppered[…]
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