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Innovators in 2023 Carbon Removal Landscape

Ivy Protocol

The year 2023 stands as a testament to this synergy, with a plethora of companies innovating in the carbon removal terrain with a shared goal of fighting climate change. Meeting the recent pathways laid out by the IPCC will require total cumulative net carbon dioxide removals of 20–660 GtCO2 by 2100. About blue carbon.

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DEP Blog: Abandoned Coal Mine Reforestation Initiatives Healing The Land

PA Environment Daily

Since 2004, ARRI has reforested thousands of acres of reclaimed coal mined land throughout Appalachia to restore the areas to their natural appearance while gaining the many benefits the newly planted trees seedlings will provide, such as removing carbon dioxide from the air and helping to conserve water resources.

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A Nobel pursuit

Real Climate

What they showed are the distinct fingerprints of two kinds of forcing; increasing solar activity which warms all parts of the atmosphere, and carbon dioxide increases which warm the surface and troposphere, but cool the stratosphere and above. Gnanadesikan et al., 241-259, 1967. CO;2">[link] 2.0.CO;2. 25-29, 1970. Manabe, and R.J.

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Climate change horror stories from around the world

Edouard Stenger

This could increase the speed of climate change even more as this greenhouse gas is 24 times more potent than carbon dioxide. “ Its surface area was 25 000 sq km in the early 1960s, compared with 1350 sq km in 2001″ Is Mankind ready to change this drastically and do it fast ?

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Back in Black: Creating positive changes by focusing on a short-lived pollutant

HumanNature

Figure 1: Size reference for atmospheric particles (US EPA 2016) and a general structure of freshly created black carbon. Direct Environmental Effects Did you know that black carbon is the second most important warming agent in our atmosphere behind carbon dioxide (CO 2 )? link] Jacobson, Mark Z.

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A Year After the Deadly Pakistan Floods Began, Hard Lessons About Climate Loss and Damage

Union of Concerned Scientists

It also found that ‘ The southern provinces of Pakistan received more than 350% of average precipitation in July and August based on the 2001–2021 mean.’ percent of cumulative global carbon dioxide emissions and yet is bearing this terrible toll from climate change caused primarily by emissions from richer nations and fossil fuel companies.

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Helping Washington’s Coastal Forests Prepare for the Future

Washington Nature

When The Nature Conservancy purchased the Ellsworth Creek Preserve in 2001, just a fraction of the old-growth forest remained. In addition to sopping up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, old-growth forests may be better at adapting to a changing environment than younger forests. But, why is that?