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The Rundown of Personal Effects of Current Climate Change

By Guest PostAugust 20, 2019Environment, Healthbotanical blooming cycles, carbon emissions, climate change, copd, fossil fuels, global warming, hannah stevens, heat trapping gases, personal effects

By Hannah Stevens

As with any global crisis, it can be difficult to pinpoint the personal effects of climate change on yourself as an individual. Most of us understand that the climate crisis is affecting the health of our planet, that natural resources are diminishing, and that climate change will negatively affect the quality of life of generations to come. However, the effects of climate change have been creeping into our daily lives and will continue to do so until more people become aware of the signs and create solutions for reducing or preventing its personal effects. (more…)

Not All Cool Pavements Are Created Equal

By Guest PostAugust 7, 2017Environment, Sciencealbedo, carbon emissions, cool pavements, haley gilbert, heat island group, pablo rosado, reducing smog formation, solar reflectance, thinkstep inc

Berkeley Lab finds that the choice of pavement material can significantly impact carbon emissions, creates decision tool for cities to use

Cool pavements can help keep cities cool, right? Yes, but according to new research from the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), many reflective pavements have some unexpected drawbacks relative to conventional pavements when considering the entire life cycle of the materials. (more…)

China has potential to be leader in global sustainability

By Guest PostAugust 13, 2013Environmentair pollutants, carbon dioxide emissions, carbon emissions, carbon intensive industries, cement, China, dabo guan, domestic energy market, douglas crawford brown, electrical grids, energy, global sustainability, great britain, jianguo jack liu, kebin he, leader, michigan state university, steel, tsinghua university, united states, zhu liu

China, with its enormous cities and vast countryside, is a potential star in the ongoing global drama of slashing carbon emissions.

In this week’s Nature, a Michigan State University researcher and an international team of sustainability experts propose a script.

China already is a star in unleashing carbon dioxide emissions. In 2011, it accounted for a quarter of the world’s total. The problems – air pollution, squandered energy resources and economic stresses that squelch growth – also come with tremendous opportunity for China to be leader in slashing emissions. Along the way, China’s vast variety of economic and geographic circumstances offers a chance to set examples for its global neighbors. (more…)

Interior Releases First-of-its-Kind Regional Study as Part of National Assessment of Carbon Storage in U.S. Ecosystems

By Guest PostDecember 5, 2011Environmentagricultural field, amount of carbon, atmospheric warming, biological carbon sequestration, carbon emissions, carbon sequestration, carbon sink, carbon storage, chemical cycles, david j hayes, department of the interior, eastern iowa, eastern montana, emissions of nitrous oxide, forests, fossil fuel, great plains region, great plains region of montana, great plains study, greenhouse gas, greenhouse gas emissions, ken salazar, marcia mcnutt, methane, natural resources, rangelands, senator, southern texas, U.S. Geological Survey, underground rock formations, united states, us ecosystems, usgs, wetlands

*Report evaluates amount of carbon absorbed by wetlands, grasslands and forests in the Great Plains region*

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of the Interior today released the first in a series of regional studies measuring the amount of carbon stored in U.S. ecosystems. Published by Interior’s U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the study examines the current and projected future carbon storage in the Great Plains region, as part of a nation-wide assessment.

“This is truly groundbreaking research that, for the first time, takes a landscape-level look at how our lands naturally store carbon and explores how we can encourage this capability in ways that enhance our stewardship of natural resources,” said Deputy Secretary of the Interior David J. Hayes. “Our landscapes are helping us to absorb carbon emissions that would otherwise contribute to atmospheric warming.” (more…)

IBM Global Parking Survey: Drivers Share Worldwide Parking Woes

By Guest PostSeptember 28, 2011Technologybangalore, carbon emissions, Chicago, commuter pain, global average, ibm global parking, ibm parking index, international cities, Johannesburg, Mexico City, milan, nairobi, new delhi, parking pain, parking space, shenzhen, stockholm, toronto, traffic congestion, vinodh swaminathan

ARMONK, N.Y., – 28 Sep 2011:

• 8,042 commuters in 20 cities on six continents surveyed

• Parking elusive worldwide; Over half report abandoning search for parking spot

• Chicago reports the least amount of tickets for illegal parking; Bangalore tops the list

• Drivers in New Delhi, Bangalore, Nairobi and Milan argue most over parking spaces

IBM’s first parking survey released today found that drivers in 20 international cities face a daily struggle in finding a parking space. In the past year, nearly six out of 10 drivers have abandoned their search for a space at least once, and more than a quarter have gotten into an argument with a fellow motorist over a parking space (more…)

Global Model Confirms: Cool Roofs Can Offset Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Mitigate Global Warming

By Guest PostJuly 20, 20101 commentEnvironment, Scienceberkeley lab, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, climate change, cool roof, cool the world, curb, doe, emissions, evaporation, goddard space flight center, hashem akbari, keith oleson, light-colored rooftops, model, NASA, ncar, radiation, steven chu, surabi menon, Technology, temperature, topography, urban heat

Can light-colored rooftops and roads really curb carbon emissions and combat global climate change?

The idea has been around for years, but now, a new study by researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory that is the first to use a global model to study the question has found that implementing cool roofs and cool pavements in cities around the world can not only help cities stay cooler, they can also cool the world, with the potential of canceling the heating effect of up to two years of worldwide carbon dioxide emissions.

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