The world, especially richer carbon polluting nations, remains "far behind" and is not doing nearly enough—not even promising to do enough—to reach any of the global goals limiting future warming, a United Nations report ...
Environment
Oct 27, 2022
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Leading researchers are calling for a cease to native forest logging if Australia wants to meet its net zero targets in coming decades.
Environment
Oct 14, 2022
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The countless benefits of native forests include the capacity of tree biomass to store large amounts of carbon, which can counterbalance greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. A paper published in the journal Science ...
Environment
Sep 13, 2022
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Could Australia soon have a form of emissions trading? Yes, if Labor's much-anticipated paper on fixing Australia's mediocre emissions-reduction framework, released today, is any guide.
Environment
Aug 18, 2022
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Currently, oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) suffers from sluggish kinetics and high overpotential, which usually requires costly platinum (Pt)-based materials. Transition metal single-atom catalysts (M–N–C), such as Fe–N4 ...
Materials Science
Jun 10, 2022
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A new paper in Oxford Open Climate Change indicates that, while various models to measure the economic impact of reducing carbon emissions show low current economic benefits, after 2050, most scenarios show higher benefits ...
Environment
Apr 13, 2022
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Canada's environment minister approved Wednesday a controversial offshore oil project expected to see 300 million barrels of oil extracted over 30 years—and to set back efforts to curb climate change.
Environment
Apr 7, 2022
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Large-scale deployment of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) methods is now "unavoidable" if the world is to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, according to this week's report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ...
Environment
Apr 6, 2022
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Without the ocean, the climate crisis would be even worse than it is. Each year, the ocean absorbs billions of tons of carbon from the atmosphere, preventing warming that greenhouse gas would otherwise cause. Scientists estimate ...
Environment
Apr 5, 2022
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Pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions are very welcome—but accurate monitoring across the globe is crucial if we are to meet targets and combat the devastating consequences of global warming.
Environment
Nov 16, 2021
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