Michael Specter in The New Yorker, Big Foot. In measuring carbon emissions, it’s easy to confuse morality and science: “Possessing an excessive carbon footprint is rapidly becoming the modern equivalent of wearing a scarlet letter. Because neither the goals nor acceptable emissions limits are clear, however, morality is often mistaken for science. A recent article [...]
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Suck Carbon Dioxide Out of the Air
November 20th, 2007
Live Science, Proposal: Suck Carbon Dioxide Out of the Air: “Increasingly, research now suggests devices could literally suck carbon dioxide straight from the atmosphere. “The technology to do this is going through major advances, moving toward detailed designs,” said environmental engineer Frank Zeman at Columbia University. “It’s becoming more and more efficient—we’ve cut the electricity [...]
Tags: climate change · co2
Why Autumn Colors Are So Late
November 17th, 2007
Live Science, Why Autumn Colors Are So Late: “A gray, grim landscape used to greet residents of the Northeastern United States each November, but autumn’s riot of red, orange and yellow came late this year. Delayed fall foliage also occurred in Chicago and parts of Europe. Some say droughts and a warm summer played a [...]
Tags: autumn · climate change · co2
Breathing Earth
June 24th, 2007
Breathing Earth, Real time displays of carbon dioxide emission levels and birth and death rates for every country in the world.
Tags: co2 · demography · environment · infographic · world
$25 million prize offered to capture carbon
February 10th, 2007
Nature: “A multi-million dollar prize is on offer to anyone who can invent a device that will remove significant amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. As one of the largest science prizes on offer, it is likely to attract huge interest globally in a bid to combat climate change.”
Tags: climate change · co2 · richard branson