A Greener Life
MARCH 13, 2024
Deep in the Pacific Ocean, a strange, diaphanous balloon drifts by. Taking inspiration from nature isn’t new, but marine biomimetics is relatively nascent partly because just 5% of the ocean has been explored. Meanwhile, animals such as the ram’s horn squid have inspired better ways to explore the ocean itself.
Ocean Conservancy
JUNE 22, 2021
Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails. No less galling than the inaction on HFO and scrubbers were the decisions on short-term GHG emissions—though a shift in the winds may be coming at last. The easiest is to slow the vessel down, reducing both fuel consumption and carbon emissions. Stay connected.
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HumanNature
MARCH 31, 2021
Net atmospheric warming is problematic for a number of reasons – it leads to crop and vegetation stress which threatens our food security, it causes more intense dry seasons which lead to bigger wildfires that cause severe economic and environmental damage, and it leads to rising oceans levels which threaten existing infrastructure.
HumanNature
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
Most SIDS have made a very small contribution to the overall global emissions that cause climate change, contributing less than 1% of global carbon emissions (Mead, 2021) yet are the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Small Islands, Large Oceans: Voices on the Frontlines of Climate Change.
A Greener Life
JANUARY 18, 2022
The potential for trees to capture carbon emissions through photosynthesis seems crucial to the recent upsurge. That same year, Costa Rica reached another agreement, a US$60 million deal with the World Bank, for similar reasons, “purchasing” emissions reductions of 12 million tonnes to be achieved before 2025.
ESA
AUGUST 29, 2022
All agencies will fully implement updated policies, including ending the optional 12-month embargo, no later than December 31, 2025. OSTP expects all agencies to have updated public access policies fully implemented by the end of 2025. Joe Manchin (D-WV), the bill will reduce carbon emissions by 40% from 2005 levels by 2030.
ESA
JUNE 14, 2021
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said it anticipates issuing a proposed rule in September updating its regulations for renewable energy generation. 3540 ), which reauthorizes NOAA’s Chesapeake Bay Office through 2025. The Biden administration has made it a priority to rapidly scale up the country’s offshore wind energy production.
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