[google-translator] October 6, 2016 A farm in Australia is now using seawater and sun to grow vegetables, and it does not require pesticides or fossil fuels. Instead, it relies on a sun-powered desalination plant and a greenhouse to irrigate tomatoes. This is of course a great step forward along the … Continue reading
Category Archives: Environment
0 Emissions Costa Rica
September 9, 2016 Background Since 1847, when Costa Rica declared sovereignty from the United Provinces of Central America, it has remained among the most stable, prosperous, and progressive nations in Latin America. In 1949 it became (and remains) one of sixteen sovereign nations without a standing army. Achievements It has … Continue reading
Solar Cell Triggered by Sun and Rain
April 11,2016 A study published in Angewandte Chemie has found that when combined with an electron-enriched graphene electrode, a dye-sensitized solar cell can be excited by incident light on sunny days and raindrops on rainy days. Its optimal solar-to-electric conversion efficiency is 6.53%.
Regulations Could Preserve Assets in the $Trillions
[google-translator] April 5, 2016 A 2016 study from the London School of Economics and Political Science argues that regulations to limit carbon emissions could actually help to preserve $trillions in assets.
Impact Of Climate Change On Portfolios
April 5, 2016 A report from Blackrock Investment Institute analyzing the impact of global warming on portfolios.
Cost of Climate Change
April 5, 2016 This 2010 report from Yale University is widely used by agencies and others to calculate the potential economic damages from climate change.
Saving New York & Low-Lying Cities From Sinking
[google-translator] April 4, 2016 There are two main components to the global water crisis exacerbated by climate change: drought and flooding. While temporary phenomena like El NiƱo mask the long-term nature of the former, doing nothing will not save cities like New York, Miami, New Orleans or Dacca from the … Continue reading
Low-lying Cities Sinking Twice As Fast
April 4, 2016 A new study from climate scientists Robert DeConto at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and David Pollard at Pennsylvania State University suggests that the most recent estimates by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for future sea-level rise over the next 100 years could be too low … Continue reading
Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health
April 4, 2016 A 332-page report developed and issued today by globalchange.gov, which belonged to the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) and hosted congressionally mandated National Climate Assessments and other climate data, details how climate change threatens human health and well-being in the United States. Water will become more … Continue reading
High Risk of Severe Water Stress in Asia
[google-translator] March 30, 2016 A study published in the peer-reviewed online journal PLOS (Public Library of Science) finds that in the absence of autonomous adaptation or societal response, there is a high risk of severe water stress in some densely populated Asian watersheds by 2050. Abstract The sustainability of future … Continue reading