Tag: CO2

Climate Change Threatens Billion-Dollar Oyster Business

Bad news for American gourmets: the commercial oyster industry in the Pacific Northwest has been failing for several years, and may go on failing as increasingly acid oceans put the larvae of the bivalve …

June 24, 2013
New IEA Report Calls for Energy Revolution to Avoid Climate Catastrophe

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has today released a major new report warning that nothing short of an “energy sector revolution is required to protect the world from runaway climate change and …

June 10, 2013
USF and KAUST Chemists Develop Efficient Material for Carbon Capture

Chemists at the University of South Florida and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology have discovered a more efficient, less expensive and reusable material for carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and separation. The breakthrough could have implications for a new generation of clean-air technologies and offers new tools for confronting the world’s challenges in controlling…

March 7, 2013
How Climate Change is Destroying the Earth

We received this letter and infographic from Allison Lee: “I am part of a team of designers and researchers that put together an infographic showing how bad climate change has gotten and how it’s contributing to the destruction of our planet. I thought you might be interested, so I wanted to reach out.”

February 25, 2013
Guest Post: Dry Ice Blasting Is An Environmentally Friendly Way to Remove Mold and Fire Damage

Dry ice blasting is a relatively new cleaning method used to remove mold from walls and other surfaces. It works on the same principles as sand blasting, or blasting with other mediums such as soda or plastic beads that are fired under pressure by a jet of compressed air onto the surface that needs to…

February 14, 2013