About ninety percent of rainforest carbon offsets certified by Verra, the world’s largest offset certifier, do not reflect real reductions in emissions, according to a … 90% of Rainforest Carbon Offsets Certified by Biggest Provider Are “Worthless”Read more
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How smartphones are killing the planet
Rising temperatures have led to a variety of adverse environmental effects such as the melting of the polar regions, wildfires, droughts and rising sea levels. … How smartphones are killing the planetRead more
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A Carbon Sink to a “Carbon Bomb”
ExxonMobil’s massive new oil project in Guyana, which is thousands of miles away, projected to be the corporation’s largest oil production in the world, coming … A Carbon Sink to a “Carbon Bomb”Read more
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Carbon Dioxide Emissions Around the World
https://theanalysis.news/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/global-co2-emissions_fullres.png According to Our World in Data, the global population emits about 34 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO₂) each year. Where does all this … Carbon Dioxide Emissions Around the WorldRead more
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Carbon Emissions Hit a New Record High
Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels are projected to increase 1% in 2022, hitting a new record of 37.5 billion tonnes, scientists announced today … Carbon Emissions Hit a New Record HighRead more
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No sign of decrease in global CO2 emissions
Global carbon emissions in 2022 remain at record levels — with no sign of the decrease that is urgently needed to limit warming to 1.5°C, … No sign of decrease in global CO2 emissionsRead more
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UK university can reduce CO2 emissions by 4% with shorter winter semesters
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh in the UK, reporting in the journal iScience on December 8, found that shifting learning weeks to the summer … UK university can reduce CO2 emissions by 4% with shorter winter semestersRead more
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The ramifications of ocean acidification for coralline algae
Scientists have long suspected that coralline algae are particularly sensitive to changes in ocean chemistry. Now, researchers have found that most species of coralline algae … The ramifications of ocean acidification for coralline algaeRead more
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COP26: A history of broken promises and shifting goalposts
Ever since the world agreed a fragile framework to tackle climate change in the 1990s, rich countries have been in denial about their responsibility for … COP26: A history of broken promises and shifting goalpostsRead more
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Notes on Carbon Dioxide in Global Warming, Acidified Oceans, and Weathered Rocks
Like CO2 (carbon dioxide), H2O (water vapor) is a strongly heteropolar molecule — having one end with a positive electrical charge, and another end with … Notes on Carbon Dioxide in Global Warming, Acidified Oceans, and Weathered RocksRead more