Category Archives: Environmentalism

The nightmare future humanity avoided

The Montreal Protocol was designed to save the ozone layer, but it may have ended up saving the planet. Learn more about how the atmosphere absorbs radiation with Brilliant! https://www.brilliant.org/simonclark A new paper this year examined the “world avoided” via … Continue reading

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Can desalination solve the global water crisis?

We have the desalination technology to transform seawater into freshwater. So why are we not using it to solve the global water crisis? We’re destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn’t need to be this way. Our … Continue reading

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How To Create A Completely Sustainable Farm + Tour | Costa Rica

In the jungle of Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica, lies a completely sustainable farm that is more of a paradise than anything. Ana of Finca Tierra gives me a tour of her farm and teaches me all about how she created … Continue reading

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Texas Oil Country Has An Invisible Secret

In West Texas, vast quantities of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, are leaking into the atmosphere. Specialized cameras that can detect the invisible pollutant are helping to expose the problem. https://www.bloomberg.com/features/20… […]

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Gen Z Is Devoting Their Budding Careers To Fighting Climate Crisis | My Modern Met

By Madeleine Muzdakis on September 13, 2021 The Global Strike for Climate, Toronto, Canada, 2019. (Photo: Photo: BLOODUA/DepositPhotos) The future belongs to the young.   The youth of Generation Z were born into a world of cellphones and streaming video. … Continue reading

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The Fossil Fuel Industry’s Dirty Secret | System Error

Fossil fuel companies knew about climate change decades ago. But instead of doing something about it, they spent millions to confuse the public and seed doubt. VICE World News explores their seedy tactics. This is the fossil fuel industry’s system … Continue reading

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Rethinking Climate Change. The path to a 90% emissions reduction by 2035.

The climate emergency requires climate solutions. And fast! There are lots of different proposals floating around – some of which don’t even exist yet, and probably never will. So, it’s easy to get confused about which direction is best. Now … Continue reading

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Why We Should Be Talking About Energy Storage

To reach our global goal of being net zero carbon emissions by 2050, we must solve one problem – energy storage. Thank you to Toyota for lending us the #Mirai and for sponsoring this series. Scientists, researchers, and engineers are … Continue reading

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Madrid Is Building an Urban Forest To Combat Climate Change | My Modern Met

This urban forest will include half a million trees spread across 46 miles around the city.   Cities generate about three-quarters of the world’s greenhouse emissions and they take up about two-thirds of the global energy supply. Now, more than … Continue reading

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What Could Happen in a World That’s 4 Degrees Warmer | WIRED Brand Lab

Produced by WIRED Brand Lab for Western Digital. Comedian Aparna Nancherla explores how global warming and climate change will directly affect our lives 100 years from now when the average global temperature is projected to increase by 4 degrees Celsius, … Continue reading

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