Category: Global Warming

The Effects of Soil Erosion on Our Environment

Post author By Evelyn Long
Post date February 22, 2021
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Soil covers all of the earth, and it’s more than just rocks and plant matter. These layers of soil are teeming with biodiversity and living organisms. Your food largely depends on the soil where it is grown. If there isn’t enough of one nutrient or the soil’s structure is failing, then the amount of food you have to choose from will decrease.

Natural ecosystems often have some of the best soil. With a proper variety of plant and animal species, our soil can constantly regenerate and produce enough microbes and nutrients to support all that lives on it.

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Mapping Cities’ Carbon Emissions Through Advanced Data Collection

Post author By Scientia
Post date February 18, 2021
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Shanghai is the second most populous city in China and the most populous city proper in the world. It is one of the four direct-controlled municipalities of China, with a population of more than 24 million as of 2014. It is a global financial centre, and a transport hub with the world's busiest container port. Located in the Yangtze River Delta in East China, Shanghai sits on the south edge of the mouth of the Yangtze in the middle portion of the Chinese coast. The municipality borders the provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the north, south and west, and is bounded to the east by the East China Sea. A major administrative, shipping, and trading town, Shanghai grew in importance in the 19th century due to trade and recognition of its favourable port location and economic potential.

As global emissions of greenhouse gas continue to rise, it is increasingly important for researchers and policymakers to identify exactly where and how much greenhouse gas is emitted and absorbed worldwide for global climate change mitigation. Over the past decade, Dr. Tomohiro Oda of the Universities Space Research Association (USRA) in Maryland has aimed to realize this need by combining emission data with night-time observations from satellites. Through this work, his team has now produced global maps that distinguish sources of carbon at unprecedented resolutions – high enough to identify variation across the regions where emissions are most intense: Earth’s cities.

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Can Geothermal Energy Save Us From Climate Change?

Post author By Natasha Ramirez
Post date January 8, 2021
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What if an unfathomably hot, never-ending, never-varying heat source existed that could be harnessed for energy production? This heat source does exist. Right beneath our feet. The top of the Earth’s mantle hovers around 1000 degrees celsius, achieving access to it would make the efficiency of all other current energy sources pale by comparison. With global ocean temperatures continuing to climb, concerned organizations and individuals continue to seek a solution for our presently unsustainable energy production methods.

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Why Trees are Critical to Sustainable Development

Post author By Evelyn Long
Post date November 11, 2020
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Pine trees — The amount of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere has become so large that "only" planting more trees can no longer save us. Because there is not enough space on Earth to plant enough trees to stay within the 2°C limit. We have to dramatically reduce our carbon dioxide emissions while planting more trees. Image: publicdomainpictures.net

Trees may seem like just another plant to some, but they are also critical to sustaining life. Without trees, you wouldn’t be able to breathe. They give you oxygen and store the carbon dioxide you breathe out. Besides this basic fact of life, however, trees have many other ways that make this world liveable. Sustainable development is only one of those factors.

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Planet Earth is Pissed (video)

Post author By M. Özgür Nevres
Post date November 9, 2020
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Planet Earth is Pissed (Foil Arms and Hog

Foil Arms and Hog, the Irish sketch comedy group previously published a video titled “Awkward Interview with Planet Earth“, addressing global warming and environmental issues in the group’s unique and funny style. Now, they published the second video of the Earth interview series: “Planet Earth is Pissed”.

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5 things that can happen if we lose the Amazon Rainforest

Post author By M. Özgür Nevres
Post date November 4, 2020
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The vast tropical rainforest-the largest of its kind-is diminishing at an alarming rate. If the Amazon Rainforest is destroyed, the effects on Earth will be devastating.

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Microsoft had a crazy idea to put servers underwater, and it totally worked

Post author By Singularity Hub
Post date October 18, 2020
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A little over two years ago, a shipping container-sized cylinder bearing Microsoft’s name and logo was lowered onto the ocean floor off the northern coast of Scotland. Inside were 864 servers, and their submersion was part of the second phase of the software giant’s Project Natick. Launched in 2015, the project’s purpose is to determine the feasibility of underwater data centers powered by offshore renewable energy.

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Climate change: how your personal choices affect your contribution

Post author By M. Özgür Nevres
Post date July 10, 2020
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How your personal choices affect your contribution to climate change — How to reduce your carbon footprint? This is how your personal choices affect your contribution to climate change.

Scientists Seth Wynes (University of British Columbia – Vancouver, Department of Geography) and Kimberly A. Nicholas (Lund University, Centre for Sustainability Studies) prepared an infographic that shows how your personal choices affect your contribution to climate change.

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No, we are not heading into an ice age any time soon

Post author By The Conversation
Post date June 3, 2020
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Global warming — Political associations aside, science is a difficult side to argue against. Studies show an overall change in temperature over the last few decades - a frightening trend to continue when our sensitive ecosystems hang in the balance. Although some conservatives believe temperature change is part of the worldly cycle of ice ages and volcanic activity, scientific evidence suggests global warming is largely the cause of human influence.

This article is originally published on The Conversation with the title of “Climate explained: why we won’t be heading into an ice age any time soon” under a Creative Commons license.

James Renwick, Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington

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Saving whales could be key to limiting global warming

Post author By M. Özgür Nevres
Post date May 19, 2020
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Humpback whale — The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a species of baleen whale. One of the larger rorqual species, adults range in length from 12–16 m (39–52 ft) and weigh about 36,000 kg (79,000 lb). The humpback has a distinctive body shape, with long pectoral fins and a knobbly head. It is known for breaching and other distinctive surface behaviors, making it popular with whale watchers. Males produce a complex song lasting 10 to 20 minutes, which they repeat for hours at a time. Its purpose is not clear, though it may have a role in mating. Humpbacks frequently breach, throwing two-thirds or more of their bodies out of the water and splashing down on their backs. Photo: Wikipedia

According to a report published by the World Economic Forum, whales are a surprising weapon in the fight against climate change. Scientists say saving whales could be key to limiting global warming.