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Image from: Creating a Global South Inclusive Carbon Dioxide Removal Marketplace: Enhanced Rock Weathering as a Lens December 13, 2023 Yifan Powers, Owen Barder, Kamran Khan Niazi in Precision Development.com Published: October 28, 2024 The Conversation Paul Nelson Associate Professor of Soil Science, James Cook University Wolfram Buss Research fellow, Australian National University Carbon dioxide […]

Pressure for climate intervention may gain momentum as world heats up Date: October 23, 2024 Source: American Geophysical Union Summary: A new report says any research into large-scale interventions in Earth’s climate system must be grounded in sound ethical principles so society can make informed choices about whether to deploy them. FULL STORY As interest […]

By chief digital political correspondent Jacob Greber Wed 16 OctWednesday 16 October ABC news Labor has signalled a renewable energy plan to help households install batteries could be introduced before the election. In short: Labor and the Coalition are both looking at policies to spur household battery adoption. The ABC understands the Albanese government is […]

UC San Diego has added an innovative prerequisite to ‘prepare students for the future they really will encounter’ Katharine Gammon Tue 15 Oct 2024 in The Guardian Melani Callicott, a human biology major at the University of California, San Diego, thinks about the climate crisis all the time. She discusses it with family and friends […]

Image Source: Heisel F. et al. (eds.) “Constructing a Circular Economy in New York State: Deconstruction and Building Material Reuse.” Ithaca, NY: Cornell Circular Construction Lab, Cornell Just Places Lab, and CR0WD, 2024. In a new study, the researchers tallied up the substantial economic and ecological benefits of taking buildings apart piece by piece rather […]

Image from Roman Hoffmann, Guy Abel, Maurizio Malpede, Raya Muttarak, Marco Percoco. Drought and aridity influence internal migration worldwide. Nature Climate Change, 2024; DOI: 10.1038/s41558-024-02165-1 : Differences in migration impacts of drought and aridity across world regions a, Differences in migration impacts by the geographical location of the subnational regions distinguishing effects across world regions […]

Researchers made an ancient find that suggests with the right conditions the potential impact of “wood vaults” could be significant. By Anthropocene Team October 17, 2024 Efforts are underway all around the world to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it. Trees, of course, are naturals at this. Over their lifetime, they absorb […]

Image from Maryam Rezaie and Seokheun Choi. Cyanobacterial Artificial Plants for Enhanced Indoor Carbon Capture and Utilization, Advanced Sustainable Systems, 2024.: Operating principle of cyanobacterial artificial plants for indoor carbon capture and utilization. a) An artificial plant converting captured CO2 into O2 and bioelectricity during photosynthesis. b) An artificial plant utilizing indoor light, water, and […]

Source: Climateworks Centre In Australia and overseas , it’s clear that homes without gas – running on clean energy – are healthier, have cheaper power bills, and produce lower greenhouse emissions. in The National Tribune Environment 23 Oct 2024 Authors Gill Armstrong Researcher in architecture and urban planning, Climateworks Centre Portia Odell System Lead – […]

Image: The GESPA group at IQS and the URV are working together on the STOP-F-GAS project, where they are studying, within the framework of the circular economy, the development of new technologies for absorbing fluorinated gases for their reuse and obtaining new, more sustainable refrigerant products. In the Kigali Amendment of 2016 to the Montreal […]

OCTOBER 17, 2024 from Project Drawdown by Elizabeth Bagley, Ph.D. I joined Teach For America right out of undergraduate and taught 8th-12th grade science at North Central High School in South Louisiana. During my first year of teaching, part of our school roof came off during Hurricane Irene. Naturally, my students and I were shaken […]

in The Conversation Australia now has a government and parliament wanting timely transition to net zero. We have a government and parliament wanting to build Australia as the renewable energy superpower of the zero-carbon world economy. For the time being, we have favourable international settings for using our opportunity. The government of Australia has embraced […]

Graham Readfearn Mon 21 Oct 2024 the Guardian Policies such as cash payouts for bicycle commuters have knock-on effects including reduced pollution and better physical and mental health It’s time for a major rethink of transport in Australia, experts say – and, while some new ideas may meet resistance, “these are not ideas from radical […]

Image: Pilbara WA Yuri Renewable Energy Hub project. Original blurb from ‘Engie’: “Scheduled for completion in 2024, the first phase of the Yuri project will produce up to 640 tonnes of renewable hydrogen per year as a zero carbon feedstock for Yara Australia’s ammonia production facility in Karratha. This will be key to developing a […]

in The Conversation Published: October 10, 2024 12.30pm AEDT Authors Quentin Grafton Australian Laureate Professor of Economics, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University John Williams Adjunct Professor in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management, Charles Sturt University, and Adjunct Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University The contest between truth and post-truth […]

Figure 8. Plot showing the reduction in each type of microplastic after passing agricultural runoff samples through the pinewood biochar column (A) = BC, (B) = NSD.Removal of microplastics from agricultural runoff using biochar: a column feasibility study. Olubusoye Boluwatife S. , Cizdziel James V. , Wontor Kendall , Heinen Edward , Grandberry Tony , […]

‘I felt like a bird god’: why comedian Geraldine Hickey is excited for this year’s Aussie Bird Count The keen birdwatcher encourages others to take 20 minutes out of their day, describing the experience as ‘meditative’ Petra Stock Mon 14 Oct 2024 the Guardian In early October the comedian Geraldine Hickey went looking for tawny […]

Image from Antrhopocene magazine: Schematic of the concept to capture oceanic water vapor. Courtesy of Praveen Kumar and Scientific Reports. Researchers designed a cooling technology that extracts water from the air using only gravity and no electricity. By Anthropocene Team October 3, 2024 Rising global temperatures and a growing world population have made fresh water […]

Internal documents over the last 45 years reveal the fossil fuel industry has long known their products would supercharge extreme weather. ARIELLE SAMUELSON OCT 12, 2024 in HEATED David Hester inspects the damage to his house after Hurricane Helene Florida on September 28, 2024. Climate change is making hurricanes more intense. Source: Chandan Khanna/AFP via […]

Image: AI generated by Anthropocene magazine When researchers auto-generated small apartment floor plans to make them efficient and comfortable, they found they could often reduce carbon emissions more than by changing the building exterior By Sarah DeWeerdt October 8, 2024 in Anthropocene magazine A new algorithm-based method of designing floor plans for apartment buildings could […]