Carbon Slayers

30/01/2024

National Geographic explains the carbon cycle.

14/08/2023

Is direct carbon capture a waste? Today they probably are, given the amount of energy such programs will take to get carbon out of the atmosphere. With more clean energy at hand, however, these systems may be a piece of the puzzle.

Critics concerned energy department decision on fledgling technology will undermine efforts to phase out fossil fuels

13/08/2023

It's hot everywhere! All over the world, natural resources that filter carbon out of the air are burning up. We can't call it coincidence anymore.

Hawaii’s devastating wildfire this week, which has killed at least 55 people and razed Maui’s historic town of Lahaina, is yet another sign of the emerging reality on a quickly warming planet, described by scientists as the latest, likely example of a major blaze erupting in an unexpected place....

10/08/2023

A huge step in the fight to stop carbon emissions from a notoriously difficult industry to clean.

Cement giant Hanson claims it could play a huge role in helping the UK reach net zero targets.

08/08/2023

These are not the type of records we want to break.

The world has just gotten its first real taste of a planet that is 1.5 degrees Celsius — or 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit — hotter than preindustrial times.

21/11/2022

How do we stop people from completely destroying the earth? Here's a fine example of climate change. Hurting the natural environment while people argue about what's happening.

Fisheries managers, biologists say snow crab’s decline from climate change. Fishers, experts blame fishing practices like trawling bycatch.

19/11/2022

About a 90 second interview clip - from 1975 about the ability of humans to manage ourselves.

The Tom Snyder Project: Trying to find and share previously hidden Tom Snyder gems.This episode of "Tomorrow with Tom Snyder" featured an interview with film...

19/11/2022

This should be a no brainer. Why aren't companies doing this already?

Methane can leak from pipelines, oil and gas wells, even burners on your stove. Jens Büttner/picture alliance via Getty ImagesWhat’s the cheapest, quickest way to reduce climate change without roiling the economy? In the United States, it may be by reducing methane emissions from the oil and gas ...

02/10/2022

Oceans absorb alot of heat. But the Southern Ocean is absorbing most of it, and that is a bad sign for Antarctic ice preservation.

Over the last 50 years, the oceans have been working in overdrive to slow global warming, absorbing about 40 percent of our carbon dioxide emissions, and over 90 percent of the excess heat trapped in the atmosphere.

01/10/2022

Renewables have met 10% of global demand for the first time.

More than 10 percent of global electricity demand was met by wind and solar projects for the first time in 2021.

24/09/2022

Thanks to early efforts and investment in wind and solar, costs are coming down.

The plummeting cost of low-carbon energy has already allowed many countries to decouple economic growth from emissions

22/08/2022

Is there a future for green economic growth?

Even for those of us who agree that the pursuit of perpetual growth is a disastrous premise on which to base our...