Real Climate
APRIL 6, 2023
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. 2012) to understand why such small samples give non-robust and insufficient information for making regional future projections. 775-779, 2012. Solomon, and A.S.
HumanNature
JANUARY 26, 2024
They are the processes that allow our food to grow, clean the air we breathe, and attempt to keep atmospheric temperatures in check. Deforestation and intensive agriculture are driving erosion and mass desertification (degradation of land into desert-like systems), which puts pressure on soils and limits biological activity 3,4.
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Our Environment
MAY 21, 2021
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. For example, the rate of deforestation in indigenous territories has increased to 71% since the Brazilian president Jair Bolsanro was elected [4].
A Greener Life
APRIL 1, 2022
It’s now widely acknowledged that to avoid catastrophic climate change we’ll need to physically remove CO2 from the atmosphere. By mid-century onwards, as much as 1 billion tonnes of carbon will need to be removed from the atmosphere each year. But ocean-based interventions have also been contentious.
Environmental Progress
FEBRUARY 28, 2021
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] Central America, South America, Africa, and Oceania are still deforesting. Elvidge et al., Chen et al.,
ESA
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gets $1.5 More than 100 countries pledged to halt deforestation by 2030. Richmond is the Presidential Chair in Science and a professor of chemistry at the University of Oregon and has been a member of the National Science Board since 2012. 5345 ), sponsored by Rep.
Law Columbia
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Brazil famously hosted the UN Earth Summit in 1992 and Rio+20 in 2012. Under President Bolsonaro, Amazon deforestation soared to its highest rate since 2008. Such calls for climate financing and deforestation commitments are welcomed, particularly in light of the current levels of GHG saturation in the atmosphere.
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