Massive Forest Restoration Could Greatly Slow Global Warming
We have heard for years that planting trees can help save the world from global warming. That mantra was mostly a statement of faith, however. Now the data finally exist to show that if the right species of trees are planted in the right soil types across the planet, the emerging forests could capture 205 gigatons of carbon dioxide in the next 40 to 100 years.
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Massive Forest Restoration Could Greatly Slow Global Warming
Tree Protection for Chatham Park, a Bicycle & Pedestrian Plan, and More
Chatham this week: Tree protection for Chatham Park, a bicycle & pedestrian plan, and more
Notes from the Pittsboro Board of Commissioners meeting on Feb. 25, 2019 Citizens' Matters Seventeen individuals spoke during the public comment portion of the meeting, and each person spoke out on the proposed 10 percent tree coverage plan for the future Chatham Park development. Mayor Cindy Perry said she's never received as many emails about [...]
U.S. Climate Report Warns of Damaged Environment and Shrinking Economy
U.S. Climate Report Warns of Damaged Environment and Shrinking Economy
Want climate news in your inbox? Sign up here for Climate Fwd: , our email newsletter. WASHINGTON - A major scientific report issued by 13 federal agencies on Friday presents the starkest warnings to date of the consequences of climate change for the United States, predicting that if significant steps are not taken to rein in global warming, the damage will knock as much as 10 percent off the size of the American economy by century's end.
Who is Monitoring Chatham's Streams and Rivers to Protect Them from Clear-Cutting and Construction?
Curious about development and water qualty? You Asked. We Answered.🔍
Fearrington resident Dianne Birch has walked along a creek near her house for years. Over the past one to two years in particular, she and her walking-mate Ellen Roberts have noticed the creek's banks eroding quickly. The waters have become murky with runoff and silt, she said, and trees have begun to fall because their roots have no support system.
Who is monitoring the erosion and water quality of these waterways, and if the clear-cutting of trees for the Briar Chapel construction sites off route 15-501 have anything to do with these ecological changes. This article features the changes to the Creekwood Creek located in Fearrington Village and to the pond, which is called Beechmast Pond.
New UN Climate Change Study Warns We Are Running Out of Time to Control Greenhouse Gases
Grim Forecast From U.N. On Global Climate Change
Some of the world's top climate scientists have concluded that global warming is likely to reach dangerous levels unless new technologies are developed to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.
Edward Osborne Wilson, Oracle for Our Times
Oracle for Our Times
Pardon me for taking the part of a latter-day Thomas Malthus, a party pooper if there ever was one. Let's play one more time the "most urgent book to read" game. Construct your most devastating characterization of the perils of our times, then ask: what one book should you take with you to the proverbial...
July 24, 2018 One-Hour Free WEBINAR: Transitioning from Gray to Green Infrastructure Using Urban Forestry
Transitioning from Gray to Green Infrastructure Using Urban Forestry
Jul 24, 2018 1:00 pm US/Eastern Pre-registration not required. Robert Northrop - Extension Forester, University of Florida IFAS Extension Georgia Master Timber Harvester - 1 hour CLE - Environment Credit International Society of Arboriculture - 1 hour ISA Municipal Specialist Credit International Society of Arboriculture - 1 hour ISA Certified Arborist Credit International Society of Arboriculture - 1 hour ISA Practice Credit Society of American Foresters - 1 hour Category 1 Credit An introduction to the influence of the urban forest has on storm water flows and water quality.
Carbon Loophole: Why Is Wood Burning Counted as Green Energy?
Carbon Loophole: Why Is Wood Burning Counted as Green Energy?
A loophole in carbon-accounting rules is spurring a boom in burning wood pellets in European power plants. The result has been a surge in logging, particularly in the U.S. South, and new doubts about whether Europe can meet its commitments under the Paris accord.
Worldometers: World Population Clock
World Population Clock: 7.6 Billion People (2017) - Worldometers
How many people are there in the world? World population has reached 7.5 billion. World population live counter with data sheets, graphs, maps, and census data regarding the current, historical, and future world population figures, estimates, growth rates, densities and demographics
Bill McKibben: Winning Slowly Is the Same as Losing
Bill McKibben: Winning Slowly Is the Same as Losing
If we don't win very quickly on climate change, then we will never win. That's the core truth about global warming. It's what makes it different from every other problem our political systems have faced.
Most Dire Climate Change Predictions, Warns New Study, Are Also the Most Accurate
Most Dire Climate Change Predictions, Warns New Study, Are Also the Most Accurate
Climate change is occurring at a faster rate than has previously been predicted, according to a new study which suggests that the most extreme estimates of the effects of global warming are likelier than more optimistic predictions.
World Scientists' Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice
World Scientists' Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice | BioScience | Oxford Academic
© The Author(s) 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Institute of Biological Sciences. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com...Twenty-five years ago, the Union of Concerned Scientists and more than 1700 independent scientists, including the majority of living Nobel laureates in the sciences, penned the 1992 "World Scientists' Warning to Humanity" (see supplemental file S1).
Can Carbon Dioxide Removal Save the World?
Can Carbon-Dioxide Removal Save the World?
Carbon Engineering, a company owned in part by Bill Gates, has its headquarters on a spit of land that juts into Howe Sound, an hour north of Vancouver. Until recently, the land was a toxic-waste site, and the company's equipment occupies a long, barnlike building that, for many years, was used to process contaminated water.
What They Don't Tell Us About Climate Change: CO2 Has to Be Sucked Out of The Atmosphere
What they don't tell you about climate change
TWO years ago the world pledged to keep global warming "well below" 2°C hotter than pre-industrial times. Climate scientists and campaigners purred. Politicians patted themselves on the back. Despite the Paris agreement's ambiguities and some setbacks, including President Donald Trump's decision to yank America out of the deal, the air of self-congratulation was still on show among those who gathered in Bonn this month for a follow-up summit.
U.S. Report Says Humans Cause Climate Change, Contradicting Top Trump
U.S. Report Says Humans Cause Climate Change, Contradicting Top Trump Officials
The White House put out a statement Friday that seemed to undercut the high level of confidence of the report's findings. "The climate has changed and is always changing," Raj Shah, a White House spokesman, said in the statement.
Drawdown Solutions List for Reducing Greenhouse Gases by Avoiding Emissions and/or Sequestering Carbon Already in the Atmosphere
Solutions | Drawdown
Drawdown maps, measures, models, and describes the 100 most substantive solutions to global warming. For each solution, we describe its history, the carbon impact it provides, the relative cost and savings, the path to adoption, and how it works.
Forests Cool and Ease Climate Fears
Forests offer cool way to ease climate fears - Climate News Network
New global database of trees affirms the need for greater conservation and protection of forests to slow the pace of global warming. LONDON, 10 April, 2017 - European and US scientists have worked out how the Northern hemisphere keeps cool − so be grateful for the trees, and especially for the forests.
Building With Wood Reduces and Even Mitigates CO2 Emissions: A Good Response to Effects of Climate Change
The choices we make about the materials used as we develop the built environment have long-term effects on our society and the environment. Choose wood. It's beautiful, strong, versatile and renewable. With innovations in wood technologies, wood is now the wisest choice for more and more building applications, including mid-rise and even high-rise structures.
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