Physics World
NOVEMBER 5, 2021
Tiny particles of plastic in the atmosphere can affect Earth’s climate, according to Laura Revell at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand and colleagues. Today, roughly 5 billion tonnes of plastic waste have accumulated in landfills and natural environments. Altitude matters. Microplastics are turning up everywhere.
New Scientist
APRIL 17, 2024
Ground-up concrete can remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in a similar way to ground-up rocks, according to a field study in Ireland
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Circle of Blue
JUNE 24, 2021
Experts have advised politicians in Northern Ireland to export more than a third of animal waste amid water and soil quality concerns. An atmospheric river will bring heavy rainstorms across Australia this week. Atmospheric rivers are like rivers in the sky that transport mass amounts of water, bringing heavy rain and wind gusts.
Enviromental Defense
NOVEMBER 24, 2023
While the idea of capturing carbon pollution before it reaches the atmosphere sounds good, in reality, it doesn’t actually work. That oil then gets burned, adding more carbon pollution to the atmosphere than what was originally captured. Carbon capture is a greenwashing tactic The new subsidy is for carbon capture projects.
PA Environment Daily
APRIL 5, 2023
During an April 4 routine inspection, the Department of Environmental Protection found two Repsol Oil and Gas USA LLC shale gas wells in Apolacon Township, Susquehanna County venting natural gas to the atmosphere through the well annulus at the Kropp Well Pad.
PA Environment Daily
JANUARY 10, 2022
Plugging wells to stop the vertical flow of fluids and gas is critical to preventing ground and surface water contamination and the release of climate-changing methane gas into the atmosphere. There was the same sort of “uniformity” among reporting how waste was disposed in other disposal categories as well. Read more here.]
New Scientist
AUGUST 9, 2023
Running Tide, a carbon-removal company in the US, has sunk more than 10,000 tonnes of waste wood into the Atlantic Ocean in an effort to reduce carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere – but experts aren't convinced it will work
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