AGreenLiving

JULY 6, 2020

A recent study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters suggests that beavers’ actions could be contributing to climate change. When they form new bodies of water, they contribute to the thawing of frozen permafrost, which is a natural reservoir for methane and carbon dioxide.

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Business Green

MARCH 19, 2020

The impact of UK consumption on greenhouse gas emissions and climate change is therefore greater than domestic emissions statistics might suggest. Emissions associated with imports from the EU are also slightly higher than they were 20 years ago , although they have fallen 16 per cent since a peak in 2002.

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Grist

JUNE 4, 2021

They calculated that between 2002 and 2018, overwintering fires were responsible for 0.8 But when peat smolders, it produces mostly methane, a far more potent greenhouse gas. If there are more carbon emissions, that would lead to climate change. percent of the total burned area in these lands.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 17, 2024

Vatan Hüzeir , a climate activist and doctoral candidate in sociology at Rotterdam’s Erasmus University, unearthed the documents over five years of research , gathering thousands of pages of Shell-related material from archives, former employees, and other sources. “You have to ‘crack the shell,'” Hüzeir told DeSmog.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

And that is precisely why - aside from the unique biodiversity - the preservation of these ecosystems is so critical to the avoiding catastrophic climate change. In 2002, Sumatra's peatlands stored at least 18.8 Sumatra alone has seen 90 per cent of its rainforest destroyed or degraded, and between 1990 and 2002, around 1.1

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Business Green

AUGUST 6, 2021

"Through this funding, communities across the nation will have the critical resources needed to invest in adaptation and resilience, and take meaningful action to combat the effects of climate change," said Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Ethiopia looks to tackle farming emissions in updated climate plan.

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CleanTechnica

APRIL 26, 2021

Actions have consequences and the actions of humans that pollute the atmosphere with carbon dioxide and methane emissions are having consequences far beyond what anyone thought possible. The Earth’s Axis Is Shifting In 2002, the first GRACE satellite — […].

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