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This Climate Debate is a lot of Hot Air

Legal Planet

We’ve been hearing a lot lately about geoengineering – the various scientific theories and governance ideas that could eventually lead to technological interventions to help cool the planet. In fact, the academic sources that this story describes as “supporters” simply support the goal of further studying geoengineering.

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China displays low-carbon tech at the Winter Olympics?

A Greener Life

China is intent on using the Winter Olympics to showcase how they’re at the forefront of implementing low-carbon technologies and thereby tackling climate change. Natural CO2 refrigeration at the ice rinks to 100% renewables-powered venues are just some of the technologies implemented. Cooling ice rinks. By Anders Lorenzen.

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A Radical Proposal Hidden in Plain Sight in the Overshoot Commission Report

Legal Planet

Their mitigation recommendations include calls to adopt stronger national and international accountability mechanisms for emissions cuts; policy and financing innovations to promote faster deployment of zero-emissions technologies; and for countries to recognize each other’s climate policies and reflect them in trade measures.

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A new cosmic dawn: peering across the universe with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope

Physics World

That is because before it can push the envelope of what science and space technology can achieve, it had to first overcome a dangerous deep-space unpacking: its 6.5 If it continues to succeed without a hitch, it should transform astronomy – all thanks to several technological marvels that make the JWST a unique and powerful instrument.

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Reducing Your Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Greenbuilding Law

Homes and commercial buildings use large amounts of energy for heating, cooling, lighting, and otherwise. In recent years there have been several advancements in air conditioning and refrigeration technology that can help homes and businesses reduce both refrigerant charges and refrigerant emissions.

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Climatology: The Science of Global Weather Systems over the Long Term

Environmental Science

It also incorporates both a warm and a cool period during the oscillation - both of which impact upper atmospheric winds (10). This radiation hits the atmosphere and is absorbed by the ozone layer which reduces the most harmful. The Human Impacts on Climate. Nitrous Oxide (13) is a byproduct of agricultural processes. Deforestation.

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The Problems with Liquefied Natural Gas

Ocean Conservancy

To produce LNG, natural gas, more than 80% of which comes from hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) in the United States, is liquified by cooling it to -162 o Celsius (-260 o Farenheit). Ozone exposure causes and exacerbates respiratory issues, including asthma, and has been linked to cardiovascular disease and premature death.