Stormwater harvesting is a cool way to keep streets green
Research has found stormwater interception and infiltration is proving effective for a shady tree canopy in concrete urban environments.
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JJ Shavit
- Apr 1, 2022
When it comes to sucking up carbon, not all trees are equal
Trees are a large part of the climate change solution, with their ability to suck carbon out of the atmosphere and store it.
Joshua Shavit
- Dec 20, 2021
Brain study on how to slow down climate change
When it comes to climate-friendly behaviour, there is often a gap between what we want and what we actually do.
JJ Shavit
- Oct 15, 2021
By 2500 earth could be alien to humans
To fully grasp and plan for climate impacts under any scenario, researchers and policymakers must look well beyond the 2100 benchmark.
JJ Shavit
- Oct 13, 2021
Climate change may already impact majority of humanity: study
The effects of climate change could already be impacting 85 percent of the world's population, according to tens of thousands of studies.
JJ Shavit
- Oct 9, 2021
The climate-driven mass extinction we are only finding out about now
Sixty-three percent. That’s the proportion of mammal species that vanished from Africa and the Arabian Peninsula around 30 million years ago
Joshua Shavit
- Sep 21, 2021
How Carbon Pricing can save America's forests from Global Warming
Economic incentives for landowners to keep their land in productive forests could be a valuable policy tool for reducing greenhouse gases
JJ Shavit
- Sep 20, 2021
Solar geoengineering -- Is blocking the sun to control global warming a good idea?
It sounds like something out of a bad science fiction movie—artificially blocking sunlight to keep global warming from overheating the Earth
JJ Shavit
- Sep 16, 2021
New DNA-based chip can be programmed to solve complex math problems
Since DNA has only two strands, performing even a simple calculation requires multiple chemical reactions using different sets of DNA.
Joshua Shavit
- Sep 9, 2021
Putting a price on climate change
The social cost of carbon dioxide is one of the most influential indicators of climate change.
JJ Shavit
- Aug 19, 2021
Scientists reveal how landmark CFC ban gave planet fighting chance against global warming
Without the global CFC ban we would already be facing the reality of a ‘scorched earth’, according to researchers measuring the impact
Joshua Shavit
- Aug 16, 2021
The good and bad of effectively removing CO2 from the atmosphere
Researchers have now investigated how effectively DACCS could be implemented with different system configurations of a certain process.
Joshua Shavit
- Aug 12, 2021
Planting forests may cool the planet more than previously thought
Planting trees and replenishing forests are among the simplest and most appealing natural climate solutions
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