The new IPCC Report includes – get this, good news
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections
As the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its Sixth Assessment Report, summarized nicely on these pages by Bob Henson,...
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What’s the carbon footprint of a wind turbine?
This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Sara Peach
Dear Sara,
Wind turbines are an absolute joke. Has anyone actually figured out the amount of...
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New technology offers insights on Southern Ocean’s carbon secrets
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