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UNACHIEVABLE CLIMATE CHANGE GOALS
Our Fragile Earth Feb 2, 2023 | 18:44 pmLimiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is currently not plausible. Social change is essential to meeting the temperature goals[...]
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FAVORING THE FARMING OF SEAWEED
Our Fragile Earth Jan 31, 2023 | 22:48 pmExpanding global seaweed farming could really help address the planet’s food security, biodiversity loss and climate change challenges, reducing demand[...]
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NEED FOR MORE ELEPHANTS
Our Fragile Earth Jan 29, 2023 | 20:26 pmIn the jungles of equatorial Africa elephants plant the forest with high carbon-density trees and get rid of the weeds.[...]
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SELF-DRIVING CARS AS A DRIVER OF CARBON EMISSIONS
Our Fragile Earth Jan 27, 2023 | 15:14 pmIf self-driving cars are widely adopted, their emissions will rival those generated by all the data centers in the world[...]
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SALVAGING SOLAR PANELS
Our Fragile Earth Jan 25, 2023 | 15:04 pmIt’s estimated that 170,000 to 280,000 tons of solar panels will be disposed of annually in 2036. Shintora Kosan Company’s[...]
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OPEN WATER, BARE GROUND
Our Fragile Earth Jan 23, 2023 | 14:55 pmPhoto: Spy Pond The 99 acre glacial lake in Massachusetts that I face has no ice on it currently despite[...]
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CONSIDERATIONS PRIMARILY FOR COOLING
Our Fragile Earth Jan 21, 2023 | 18:58 pmBy 2050, hydrofluorocarbon emissions might account for up to 20% of CO2 equivalent emissions due to the world’s rapidly growing[...]
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MORE GREENLAND GRIEF
Our Fragile Earth Jan 19, 2023 | 20:33 pmThere’s now clear evidence that effects of global warming have reached the remote, high-elevation areas of central-north Greenland. The years[...]
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SOLAR CONVERSION OF PLASTIC AND CO2 INTO SUSTAINABLE FUELS
Our Fragile Earth Jan 17, 2023 | 13:39 pmA solar-powered reactor has been developed that can convert both captured CO2 and waste plastic into useful chemical products simultaneously.[...]
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TWO OUT OF THREE GLACIERS GONE BY 2100?
Our Fragile Earth Jan 15, 2023 | 22:31 pmThe world could lose as much as 41% of its total glacier mass this century, or as little as 26%,[...]
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