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World’s largest carbon capture plant to suck CO2 99,000x faster than seas

Radiocarbon analysis reveals that Earth system models underestimate the carbon uptake in terrestrial ecosystems and suggest quicker carbon turnover, highlighting the need for more accurate climate modeling. Radiocarbon analysis from nuclear bomb tests in the 1960s indicates that existing Earth system models might be underestimating how much carbon terrestrial vegetation...

New Study Shakes Up Climate Models: Plants Absorb More CO2 Than Thought

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President Joe Biden's aides defended his poor debate performance, telling Axios he's more likely to make verbal mistakes and become tired after 4 p.m.

Biden's aides said his debate performance was poor because he struggles to function after 4 p.m., report says

A heavily populated area may experience compounding effects of shaking. A recent study published in Nature Communications reveals that a massive earthquake 2,500 years ago dramatically shifted the course of one of the world’s largest rivers. This previously undocumented seismic event rerouted the main channel of the Ganges River into present-day, densely populated Bangladesh, an area that continues to be at high risk for significant earthquakes.

A Major Earthquake Caused One of the Largest Rivers on Earth To Abruptly Change Course – Could It Happen Again?

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What if we could keep everyone out of poverty while also tackling the climate crisis? It sounds too good to be true, but it could be possible with a universal basic income scheme funded by taxing carbon emissions, a new study shows. Universal basic income (UBI) proposes that a regular...

Universal Basic Income Could Double World's GDP And Slash Emissions

The remarkable James Webb Space Telescope has been used to image the furthest reaches of the cosmos. But in a change of pace, astronomers have leveraged its immense powers on a target far closer to home: the mighty planet Jupiter — and in so doing, they've found mysterious features and structures on the gas giant that have never been seen before, let alone in the astounding fidelity of the James Webb.

James Webb Observes Mysterious Structures Above Jupiter's Great Red Spot

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Catastrophic Canadian warming-fueled wildfires last year pumped more heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the air than India did by burning fossil fuels, setting ablaze an area of forest larger than West Virginia, new research found.Scientists at the World Resources Institute and the University of Maryland calculated how devastating the impacts were of the months-long fires in Canada in 2023 that sullied the air around large parts of the globe, turning some skies a vivid orange. They figured it put 3.28 billion tons of heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the air, according to a study update published in Thursday's Global Change Biology. The...

Canadian wildfires released more gases than burning fossil fuels: Study

The Hill

The Biden administration announced Friday the availability of $850 million in Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) grants aimed at reducing methane emissions. In remarks to reporters, Deputy Energy Secretary David Turk said the funds will be offered across three categories: those cutting emissions from current oil wells, those focusing on leaks from other equipment such as…

Biden administration announces $850 million in grants to cut methane emissions

Within the last few years, a few ground-breaking reports have shown that the level of gas flaring from oil operations worldwide has been far higher than companies had led us to believe. This led several oil majors to make ambitious pledges for flare reduction. While some cut flaring practices significantly, others found ways to reuse waste gas for activities like cryptocurrency mining. However, it seems like old habits die hard, as we saw the highest level of gas flaring last year since 2019, suggesting that the practice is far from coming to an end.

Gas Flaring Is Back With a Vengeance

Are you ready for an AI-automated future? Even if you're not, turns out you'll have no choice — because your landlords are diving straight in. It hasn't quite taken the real estate world by storm yet, but, as The New York Times reports, some property managers are using AI chatbots to handle the inquiries — and complaints — of their tenants, both existing and prospective.

Landlords Now Using AI to Harass You for Rent and Refuse to Fix Your Appliances

When it comes to lighting a fire in Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, a renowned climate scientist, the claim by a dismissive social media commenter that burning gas is cleaner than burning wood is the perfect kindling. Dr. Hayhoe responded to the claim in a video for The Cool Down. "B.S.," the...

Climate scientist responds to commenter on the misconception that burning wood pollutes more than burning fossil fuels: 'It's very clear'

The Guardian

Proposal would create first federal standard for workplace exposure to extreme heat, which kills hundreds each year

Biden unveils rules to protect millions of US workers from extreme heat

An urgent call for more safe drop-off points for batteries has been issued by the waste and recycling sector.

10,000 fires a year: Highly flammable lithium-ion batteries raise concerns

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World hits streak of record temperatures as UN warns of 'climate hell'

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The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

Dairy farmers in Denmark face having to pay an annual tax of 672 krone ($96) per cow for the planet-heating emissions they generate.

World’s first carbon tax on livestock will cost farmers $100 per cow

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There are certain zodiac signs that most people are careful with because of their fiery and low tolerance levels. You can hardly mess with individuals with such signs without getting a backlash. Whether they are in work environments or family settings, they do not hesitate to set boundaries and protect them.

5 Zodiac Signs You Don't Mess With

Turner Construction is the largest general contractor in the US, and it has a presence in 20 countries. Charged talked to Abby Roberts, Turner’s Sustainability Program Manager, to discuss the company’s goal of achieving net zero emissions on its job sites. Part of Turner’s strategy involves the use...

Turner Construction: Electrification is one of our most promising tools to reduce job site emissions

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Fifty percent of Norfolk church has high blood pressure. 3WTKR reports that Pastor Reverend Dr. Geoffrey Guns of Second Calvery Baptist Church in Norfolk made a startling discovery in March. He asked congregants who had high blood pressure to stand and half of the congregation rose to their feet.

Virginia pastor reveals half of his African American congregation has hypertension

Severe wildfires increase with a decrease in prescribed burns—but new research shows that in some places across the United States there may be fewer opportunities to safely burn in the future. "Prescribed fires are an important management tool for fuel loads, fire risk, and ecosystem health," said Los Alamos...

Climate projections show fewer opportunities for prescribed fires

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Grim Irony: Curbing Air Pollution Is Warming the Earth Faster

Have industrial emissions been counteracting the worst effects of global warming? Scientists are starting to think so. Burning coal, oil, and gas warms our planet by...

Grim Irony: Curbing Air Pollution Is Warming the Earth Faster

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