LOSING LAKE MEAD
Our nation’s largest reservoir has registered its lowest level on record since being filled in the 1930s from the Colorado[…]
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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.
GREEN AMMONIA
Photo: phosphonium salts Each metric ton of ammonia produced today contributes to roughly 1.9 metric tons of greenhouse emissions and[…]
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RECYCLING CARBON
Photo: Jose Lebron LanzaTech, a Chicago-based company, produces next-generation climate friendly fuels by recycling waste industrial gases like those produced[…]
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UP, UP, AND RISING
The amount of CO2 in the Earth’s atmosphere set a record in May, again reaching the highest levels in human[…]
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CO2 TURNED INTO PRODUCTS
A new, low-pH system recycles more carbon into valuable products. The electrochemical reactor converts up to 70% of CO2 into[…]
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ENHANCED HEAT WAVES AND WILDFIRES
A summertime climate pattern in and around the Arctic could drive co-occurrences of European heat waves and large-scale wildfires with[…]
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SALVAGING FOOD WASTE
Fruit and vegetable food scraps can be turned into materials stronger than concrete that’s usable in construction or packing with[…]
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HISTORIC MEGADROUGHT
Photo: Wesley Tingey The nearly-20-year drought in the U.S. west is almost as bad or worse than any in the[…]
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COOLING CLEANLY
The vast majority of refrigerators came with hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), chemical refrigerants thousands of times more potent at warming the planet[…]
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