A Greener Life

JANUARY 11, 2024

degrees Celsius warmer than in the 1850-1900 pre-industrial period, when humans began burning fossil fuels on an industrial scale, pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. The Copernicus Climate Change Service added, that in 2023 the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere rose to the highest level ever recorded at 419 PPM.

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Legal Planet

JULY 25, 2023

Methane has a comparatively short life in the atmosphere (about 12 years, as opposed to 100 years or more for CO2) and high potency (84 times stronger than CO2, averaged over 20 years). Next time: ending deforestation. Here’s Part 1 , Part 2 , and Part 3 ). Download as PDF The post Emergency? Part 4 appeared first on Legal Planet.

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Real Climate

APRIL 6, 2023

The issue here is a disturbed carbon cycle that now is out of balance because carbon has been taken from Earth’s crust and injected into the atmosphere. Humans work hard to add greenhouse gases such as CO 2 into the atmosphere. Perhaps it would be wiser if it was on the front page and expressed even more directly?

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

In particular, he said, “reliance upon coal, on the other hand, could aggravate the ‘greenhouse effect,’ whereby excess carbon dioxide (which accompanies coal burning) traps heat inside the earth’s atmosphere, thus possibly melting the icecaps and raising the level of the oceans.”

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A Greener Life

MAY 12, 2024

Additionally the continuation and the increasing deforestation rates globally which releases CO2 from the atmosphere, the failure to switch to less intensive farming methods and the limits of the oceans to store CO2 makes the challenges an uphill struggle.

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HumanNature

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Before I make such a controversial claim, let’s get some facts straight… There is far too much carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. On timescales from minutes to millennia, carbon cycles through Earth’s many carbon pools , including sedimentary rocks, plants, soils, oceans, and the atmosphere.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 19, 2023

Products that bear the label “carbon neutral” are supposed to be produced with no added emissions to the atmosphere. The National Forests Foundation advertises that for every $2 donation, they’ll plant two trees that will remove or offset 1 metric ton of CO2e from the atmosphere for the life of those trees. But can you trust it?

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HumanNature

JANUARY 26, 2024

They are the processes that allow our food to grow, clean the air we breathe, and attempt to keep atmospheric temperatures in check. Deforestation and intensive agriculture are driving erosion and mass desertification (degradation of land into desert-like systems), which puts pressure on soils and limits biological activity 3,4.

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Environment, Law, and History

JANUARY 12, 2022

In particular, he said, “reliance upon coal, on the other hand, could aggravate the ‘greenhouse effect,’ whereby excess carbon dioxide (which accompanies coal burning) traps heat inside the earth’s atmosphere, thus possibly melting the icecaps and raising the level of the oceans.”

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Vermont Law

JULY 31, 2023

The social cost of carbon is an economic tool used to determine how much the cost is, in dollars, of emitting another ton of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. As carbon dioxide builds up in the atmosphere, it also traps heat surrounding the planet. Additionally, the war in Afghanistan caused mass deforestation, and U.S.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Methane is a greenhouse gas that has more heat-trapping power than CO2, although it also clears out of the atmosphere much faster than does CO2. The deforestation accord is especially encouraging because it has so many side benefits. The companies involved also pledged to cut their emissions as part of this initiative.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The boundaries range from climate change to the biosphere and deforestation , and from pollutants & plastic to nitrogen cycles and freshwater. The researchers add that for the first time, there’s now also scientific evidence that makes it possible to quantify the boundary of atmospheric aerosol loading. Graphic credit: PIK.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 13, 2023

On side B we all have all the carbon removed from the atmosphere by forests, soil and wetlands. Deforestation is an ongoing problem, so it is unlikely that Madagascar will be carbon negative for long. If we were to imagine a set of scales, on side A we have all the carbon emitted by energy, industry, transport, etc.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

and renewable energy, co-benefits and trade-offs around land use and deforestation concerns, and exploration of funding options. In order to keep up with demand for beef and leather, 21 million ha of deforestation has occurred in the Brazilian Amazon between 2000 and 2015 to support cattle. The experts discussed the use of.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

We can damage the stability of the atmosphere on both sides of the equation – by emitting too many greenhouse gases, or by reducing the earth’s CO2-absorbing capacity (for example, by chopping down rainforests). We can also build on and improve this take-up of CO2 , also known as carbon sinks, by planting more trees or restoring wetlands.

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Edouard Stenger

MARCH 20, 2017

This is the third year in a row that emissions from energy are flat, yet, climate scientists report that our atmosphere is seeing its carbon content grow faster than ever. So, why is the amount of carbon in our atmosphere is increasing fast if our emissions from energy are stable ? Deforestation is one.

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Physics World

JANUARY 19, 2022

Weighing just 260 kg each, they will fly in very-low-Earth orbit at heights of roughly 550 km, which means that atmospheric drag will pull them down within a few years so they don’t end up as yet more space junk. The wider commercial space market could generate revenue of $1 trillion or more by 2040.

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Our Environment

MAY 21, 2021

Replacing these massive carbon sink forests with machinery which continuously pumps vast amounts of carbon dioxide into the Earth’s atmosphere is increasing the rate of global warming. For example, the rate of deforestation in indigenous territories has increased to 71% since the Brazilian president Jair Bolsanro was elected [4].

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Vermont Law

APRIL 13, 2020

The environmental issue addressed here is that certain agricultural practices, like converting forests to ranchland, release large amounts of carbon into the atmosphere and severely disrupt ecosystems. stem from land cover change, such as deforestation, afforestation/reforestation, and wood harvesting. come from deforestation.

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Acoel

APRIL 14, 2023

And land use changes (predominantly deforestation, wetland depletion, land degradation, and infrastructure development) are now influencing rainfall patterns and how rain is apportioned between so-called “green water” (soil moisture and water vapor) and “blue water” (surface water and aquifers).

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A Greener Life

APRIL 1, 2022

It’s now widely acknowledged that to avoid catastrophic climate change we’ll need to physically remove CO2 from the atmosphere. By mid-century onwards, as much as 1 billion tonnes of carbon will need to be removed from the atmosphere each year.

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Acoel

JANUARY 18, 2022

billion to help South Africa shift from its current dependence on fossil fuels for power generation toward a clean and renewable electricity system.

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Breezometer

JUNE 7, 2022

The greenhouse effect is a popular name for the earth’s warming effect which occurs naturally when gasses in the atmosphere trap heat from the sun and prevent it from escaping back into space. Understanding Climate Change & Greenhouse Gas Emissions.

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Edouard Stenger

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

So, if our answers to climate change and air pollution are growing, with even global coal consumption peaking, why is there still more and more carbon dioxide in our atmosphere? Meanwhile, as WRI reports , Brazil and Indonesia have seen higher levels of deforestation. Mother Earth is hurting.

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Edouard Stenger

OCTOBER 29, 2018

If renewables are booming and energy efficiency is gaining some traction, greenhouse gases emissions are still growing and the atmospheric concentration of carbon is still rising. Deforestation and environmental destruction are still a reality in many countries around the world. We need to do a whole lot more.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

In Peru, a group of young people sued the government for failing to formulate and execute a national policy and plan to curb deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon ( Álvarez et al. In Colombia, the Wayúu indigenous communities promoted an action to annul the environmental permit of a colossal coal mine ( Mina Cerrejon ).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 17, 2023

Image via Ed Hawkins and National Centre for Atmospheric Science. The one on the bottom represents strong climate action and the one at the top represents no action and shows intense warming by 2100. Support accountability and action There is so much work to be done to advocate for a better future.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 6, 2023

Deforestation and forest fragmentation are making it harder for species to move in response to climate chnage. Other research shows that deforestation and fragmentation has left 62% of tropical forests without enough connectivity to facilitate species shifts. Photo: T.R. American crocodile, Florida Everglades.

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Legal Planet

JULY 18, 2023

C of warming without removing carbon from the atmosphere – in other words, carbon capture (or, to use less controversial nomenclature: carbon removal) in some form. Here’s Part 1 and Part 2 ). The bigger controversy and bigger set of potential emergency actions focuses on industrial carbon capture.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

As the atmosphere continues to warm, severe weather events have gone from occasionally urgent to relentless assault. . Restoring trees along deforested riverbanks, for example, can shade the ecosystem and cools the river during extreme heat. On the Au Sable, the threat is a slow burn.

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Manning Law

JUNE 8, 2020

CO 2 levels in the atmosphere hit an all-time high in early May. Think of the atmosphere as a bathtub, and emissions as the water that flows from the tap. Keeping wild spaces wild, stopping deforestation and restoring degraded land to protect biodiversity, boost food production and store carbon. The tub is still filling.

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Environmental Science

JULY 22, 2018

Satellites, for example, are used in meteorology to track weather systems and to monitor atmospheric fronts to predict what the weather will do next. Known as ENSO, they are opposite effects of the same process and are defined as an oscillation (a variation in magnitude) between the temperature of the atmosphere and the ocean.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Air emissions : Any gas emitted into the atmosphere from industrial or commercial activity. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) : A group of inert chemical used in many industrial and everyday processes such as our refrigerators that are not broken down at lower atmospheric levels and rise to the upper levels, destroying ozone.

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Global Green

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The British think-tank Sandbag claimed the deforestation induced by wood’s high demand will cancel out the benefit of not burning coal, thus boosting climate change rather than mitigating it. Besides sequestering 25% of the CO2 from the atmosphere , oceans are an immense resource for energy production. So, what?”. Ocean energy.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

And though it lasts in the atmosphere for shorter period than CO 2 , cutting methane and other short-lived climate pollutants are critical for bending the curve of warming towards a more livable planet. More than 100 countries p ledged to end and reverse deforestation by 2030. More of this difficult but important work is needed.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 12, 2023

This Week’s Top Water Stories, Told In Numbers 17 Number of atmospheric rivers that have brought much-needed rainfall to a dry California in recent months. billion project would “exacerbate flooding during the rainy season,” deforest “spiritually-significant forests,” and block fish migration.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Unlike many other works of botany from that age and later, Sylva highlighted the growing problem of deforestation in England. Due to mass deforestation in the industrial era, they were driven out of the lowland habitats and into the highlands of China. Evelyn did not take this work upon himself.

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