GULF STREAM WEAKENING
Partial photo: Jason Zeis Never before in over 1000 years the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), also known as Gulf[…]
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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.
FLYING SMARTER
Partial photo: Nick Morales By better coasting on the jet streams that circle the globe, airplanes could easily cut fuel[…]
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FINANCING COAL
Partial photo: Jason Blackeye Coal is the number-one single source for increasing global temperatures, with coal-fired electricity generation accounting for[…]
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CONCRETE CO2 STORAGE
Partial photo: uve sanchez Manufacturing cement, which requires heating limestone to scorching high temperatures, produces an estimated 8 percent of[…]
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COVID AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Partial photo: Georgy Trofimov There’s a way that climate change could have a direct role in the emergence of SARS-CoV-2,[…]
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REPURPOSING FOOD WASTE
Partial photo: Sri Lanka Researchers have rescued food waste destined for the landfill and turned it into an elixir for[…]
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GRID PROBLEMS
Partial photo: Jung Ho Park As climate change accelerates, many electric grids will face extreme weather events far beyond the[…]
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SOLAR CELLS
Current solar panels are rigid, hard to store in large numbers and integrate into everyday appliances like phones, windows, or[…]
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BURNING TREES
Partial photo: Lukasz Szmigiel With companies shifting fossil energy use to wood as a substitute for shifting to solar and[…]
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SOLAR AWNINGS
Partial photo: Vitor Paladini Developing charging stations powered with photovoltaic canopies built into the parking infrastructure of large-scale retailers could[…]
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