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How to Pull Carbon Dioxide Out of Seawater
As carbon dioxide continues to build up in the Earth’s atmosphere, research teams around the world have spent years seeking ways to remove the gas efficiently from the air.
Upsurge in Rocket Launches Could Impact the Ozone Layer
University of Canterbury (UC) researchers have summarised the threats that future rocket launches would pose to Earth’s protective ozone layer, in a new review article published in the Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.
Building Higher Islands Could Save the Maldives From Sea-Level Rise, Says Study
Artificially raising island heights or building completely new higher islands have been proposed as solutions to sea-level rise in the Maldives and other low-lying nations.
Before Global Warming, Was the Earth Cooling Down or Heating Up?
Accurate climate models play a critical role in climate science and policy, helping to inform policy- and decision-makers throughout the world as they consider ways to slow the deadly effects of a warming planet and to adapt to changes already in progress.
Earth Had Its 7th-Warmest January on Record
Our planet kicked off another year with a warm start: January 2023 ranked as the seventh-warmest January in 174 years.