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Arctic fires released more carbon in two months than Scandinavia will all year

Grist

Combined with the fact that some of this year’s fires appear to be burning into carbon-rich peat soils , the ultimate climate impact of this year’s fire season could be much greater than what scientists are currently estimating. With unusually high temperatures continuing to bake the Arctic , the flames show no immediate signs of dying down.

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Don’t Look Down

Grist

Sometimes, only a thin layer of soil covers yawning craters where the ice has vanished, what Hasson calls “ghost ice wedges.” Combined with a $40,000 laser he dragged behind him on a plastic sled he’d nicknamed “The Coffin,” Hasson is able to link surface methane emissions to the ice disappearing underground. Sean McDermott / Grist.

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Can eating cicadas solve the sustainable protein problem?

AGreenLiving

As The Balance SMB reports, cricket harvesting produces 80 times less methane than cattle rearing. They last appeared in 2003 in parts of the eastern U.S. Chefs recommend boiling cicadas for five minutes to get rid of impurities from the soil. Further, some edible insects are richer in protein than livestock protein supplies.

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Where Does All The Radioactive Fracking Waste Go?

DeSmogBlog

A growing group of environmentalists, politicians, communities, and even the industry’s own workers have become increasingly critical of the fossil fuel industry, and see room for action under the Biden administration, though most attention has been placed on hot-button topics like climate change and methane emissions.

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