Tag: climate
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By a quirk of geography, the Orkney islands, located off the northern tip of Scotland, are unusually well positioned to bear witness to the ocean’s might. On the archipelago’s western… more ›
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Why do we keep rebuilding (and subsidizing) areas that are all but certain to flood again, to burn again, to fall into the ocean? It’s time to rethink climate adaptation,… more ›
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Welcome to the second part of my two-part article exploring the bull and bear cases for the net-zero transition. In September last year, I laid out the bear case, highlighting… more ›
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As world leaders meet in Dubai for COP 28, Tom and Helen turn to one of the most important political issues of our age – Net Zero, and ask where… more ›
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COP — Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change — used to be an obscure, highly technical conference attended by a handful of scientists and… more ›
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COP28 takes place amid an apocalyptic backdrop. From Appalachia to Malawi, these communities offer a measure of hope. https://www.vox.com/2023/11/27/23959446/cop28-united-nations-climate-crisis more ›
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Stockholm, Sweden – Northvolt today announced a state-of-the-art sodium-ion battery, developed for the expansion of cost-efficient and sustainable energy storage systems worldwide. https://northvolt.com/articles/northvolt-sodium-ion/ more ›
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Climate-heating greenhouse gas emissions are so heavily concentrated among a rich minority that the image resembles one of those old-fashioned broad-bowled, saucer-shaped glasses beloved of the gilded age: a champagne… more ›
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In 2001, a group of Japanese scientists made a startling discovery at a rubbish dump. In trenches packed with dirt and waste, they found a slimy film of bacteria that… more ›