Frontiers
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
Deforestation fires in Brazil and Indonesia accounted for 3% and 7%, respectively, of the planet’s total greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in 2019 and 2020, finds a new study in Frontiers in Climate. In Brazil, a total of 11,088 km 2 of forest were destroyed from August 2019 to July 2020. Deforestation fires emissions.
Manning Law
JUNE 8, 2020
In celebration of Environment Day 2020 on June 5, we publish here in full the speech given by Inger Andersen, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme. CO 2 levels in the atmosphere hit an all-time high in early May. “World Environment Day is a day of celebration.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 17, 2023
June 2023 was the hottest June on record, with the majority of locations around the world experiencing temperatures much higher than in recent decades (1991-2020). Image via Ed Hawkins and National Centre for Atmospheric Science. Support accountability and action There is so much work to be done to advocate for a better future.
Physics World
JANUARY 19, 2022
In fact, the market is expected to grow from $886m in 2020 to $2.5bn in 2027, according to the firm Marketwatch. By 2020, SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy vehicle had broken the $1/ kg barrier. Indeed, the global satellite internet market, which was worth $2.93bn in 2020, is projected to rise to $18.59bn by 2030.
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. billion in research development and demonstration for CDR.
Global Green
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
Over the quarter of 2020, up to 47% of the electricity demand in the UK was met by renewable energy sources. The British think-tank Sandbag claimed the deforestation induced by wood’s high demand will cancel out the benefit of not burning coal, thus boosting climate change rather than mitigating it. Solar and wind. So, what?”.
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