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Greentown Labs Member Milestones — November 2022

Greentown Labs

Dandelion Energy raised a $70M Series B-1 round to install geothermal heating and cooling solutions. Ebb Carbon closed a $10.75M round to remove atmospheric CO2 and reduce ocean acidification using electrochemistry. Overstory announced a $5.2M

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Have the world’s coral reefs already crossed a tipping point?

Grist

With some scientists worried that coral reefs may have already passed a point of no return , researchers are turning to desperate measures to save them, from building artificial reefs to attempts to cool down reefs through geoengineering. Elsewhere, laboratories are breeding corals to withstand heat and ocean acidification.

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Dire Scientific Warnings from the Study of Fossilized Shells and Our Hope for the Future

Green Market Oracle

This led them to conclude that the cause of the extinction was warming and ocean acidification attributable to the release of GHGs from massive volcanic eruptions in Siberia. Using the pH in these organisms they created a chronological summary of atmospheric CO2. Human activity has already caused one degree Celsius of warming (1.8

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? Charting a course to curb maritime emissions

Climate Tech VC

Despite fears about cost increases and low-sulfur fuel availability, the change was a success in terms of decreasing pollution that contributes to ocean acidification and harms the health of humans and marine life. What’s new?

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Global Briefing: Paris Olympics targets zero food waste and more plant based meals

Business Green

Four key climate change indicators - greenhouse gas concentrations, sea level rise, ocean heat, and ocean acidification - all set new records in 2021. The new funding will support clean energy programmes in Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan, South Africa, Turkey and Vietnam.

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Every region of the country is taking climate action. Here’s how.

Grist

The Chugach Regional Resources Commission, an organization made up of seven Indigenous governments in south-central Alaska, is leading several projects aimed at helping coastal communities adapt to the changing ocean. Climate pressures like ocean acidification have made it harder for the mollusks to build and maintain shells.