Our Fragile Earth – Page 77 – Climate Crisis Blog

GREEN STEEL

Steel production contributes 7-9% of the world’s direct emissions from fossil fuels. Demand is projected to increase with growing global[…]

Seawater air-conditioning [SWAC] involves pumping cold water from oceans at depths of below 700 meters and temperatures of 3 to[…]

Last summer oil and gas-industry groups lobbied to overturn federal rules on natural gas leaks, arguing they had emissions under[…]

In a major win for advocates who want fossil fuel giants to pay for their products’ devastating climate impacts, a[…]

Inactive oil and gas wells are leaking methane and other pollutants. An enormous backlog of them has built up in[…]

Scientists have derived design rules for light-absorbing dyes able to help make organic solar cells more efficient, while tailoring their[…]

In 2020 roughly a quarter of Brazil’s vast Pantanal wetland, one of the planet’s most biodiverse places, has burned in[…]

Several brands of eco-friendly disposable diapers exist, typically made from bamboo, cotton, or plant-based pulp. But wheat gluten (the main[…]

Since 2013 Fairbanks, Alaska, has had two of the wettest years in recorded history. Warming temperatures have begun to thaw[…]

Biochar provides long-term storage of carbon and nitrogen on American farms. Using it for soil amendment can also include significant[…]