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Environmental activism in Latin America

Our Environment

Replacing these massive carbon sink forests with machinery which continuously pumps vast amounts of carbon dioxide into the Earth’s atmosphere is increasing the rate of global warming. Martha Jr et al (2012) Land-saving approaches and beef production growth in Brazil, Vol. 2 pp 105-110. (2) 2) Geraldo B.

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Analysis: Moving the dial on ocean-based CO2 removal

A Greener Life

It’s now widely acknowledged that to avoid catastrophic climate change we’ll need to physically remove CO2 from the atmosphere. Yet the technologies needed to do this, collectively known as carbon dioxide removal (CDR), remains nascent, underfunded and largely unregulated. Photo credit: Izzet Noyan Yilmaz / Alamy.

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The summary for policymakers of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change sixth assessment reports synthesis

Real Climate

I had to look up the acronym “CDR” (Carbon dioxide removal). The issue here is a disturbed carbon cycle that now is out of balance because carbon has been taken from Earth’s crust and injected into the atmosphere. Humans work hard to add greenhouse gases such as CO 2 into the atmosphere. 775-779, 2012.

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Testimony by Michael Shellenberger before the House Agriculture Committee on “Climate Change and the U.S. Agriculture and Forestry Sectors”

Environmental Progress

Globally, the rate of reforestation is catching up to a slowing rate of deforestation. [11] 32] Part of the reason the planet is greening stems from greater carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, and greater planetary warming. [33] 33] Scientists find that plants grow faster as a result of higher carbon dioxide concentrations.