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31.07.2019

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Tuskegee University: New discovery by Tuskegee researchers holds promise for reducing climate change threats

"Researchers at Tuskegee University have modified and discovered new bio-based natural materials that could eliminate the harmful buildup of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. They believe the use of naturally occurring nanocellulose holds the key to efficiently and cost-effectively mitigating carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases associated with rising global temperatures and extreme weather events."

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31.07.2019

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The Economist: Sunshady business—the politics of geoengineering (Podcast)

"This future-gazing podcast series examines speculative scenarios and provocative prophecies. IF EFFORTS to cut emissions fall short, might some nations resort to solar geoengineering—building a sunshade in the stratosphere—to buy more time?"

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29.07.2019

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MIT Technology Review: Geoengineering is very controversial. How can you do experiments? Harvard has some ideas.

"For years, several Harvard climate scientists have been preparing to launch a balloon capable of spraying reflective particles into the atmosphere, in the hopes of learning more about our ability to counteract global warming."

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de zeen: Iceberg-making submarine aims to tackle global warming by re-freezing the Arctic

"A team of designers led by Faris Rajak Kotahatuhaha proposes re-freezing sea water in the Arctic to create miniature modular icebergs using a submarine-like vessel, in a bid to combat climate change."

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29.07.2019

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BBC News: Ethiopia 'breaks' tree-planting record to tackle climate change

"Ethiopia has planted more than 350 million trees in a day, officials say, in what they believe is a world record. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is leading the project, which aims to counter the effects of deforestation and climate change in the drought-prone country."

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U.S. News: Carbon Capture: Boon or Boondoggle?

"With backing from Bill Gates and lucrative partnerships with oil companies, a startup says a planned project in Texas will offer a long-sought solution to climate change. But will it?"

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29.07.2019

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Clean Air Task Force: CCS Could Reduce 49 Million Tonnes of CO2 Emissions From Coal & Gas Power Plants

"Incentivized by 45Q tax credits, CCS deployment in the U.S. power sector could help capture and store 49 million metric tonnes. This is equivalent to removing roughly 7 million cars off the road. In our scenario, the model chooses to build CCS only in the form of retrofits on existing coal and gas plants. The model also chooses to send all of the captured CO₂ into storage through EOR implying that storage in saline reservoirs is economically less favorable in comparison."

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29.07.2019

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Forum for Climate Engineering: Researching at the Top of a Slippery Slope?

"Does researching geoengineering—specifically, stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI)—lead us onto a slippery slope, at the bottom of which awaits the deployment of a morally objectionable technology? Should we perhaps abandon research now on account of the possibility that we’ll slide down such a slope? In a recent publication, I argued that we should be cognizant of the possibility for research into SAI to lead to objectionable deployment scenarios."

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29.07.2019

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