Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS), a negative emission technology, has been considered inevitable to achieve the 2°C or 1.5°C climate goal.
Global BECCS Potential Is Largely Constrained by Sustainable Irrigation
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Better Planning Can Reduce the Urban Heat Island Effect
In his PhD thesis, EPFL researcher Martí Bosch proposes a method for spatially quantifying the impact of mitigation measures – planting green spaces and using different building materials – on the urban heat island effect.
Earth from Orbit: Record Heat and Drought is Raising Wildfire Risk
The western U.S. has seen record-breaking high temperatures over the past week as a heat dome, or mass of warm air, blankets the Pacific Northwest.
Blazes Rage in British Columbia
More than 40 wildfires were burning across the Canadian province by the end of June 2021, including a cluster of substantial blazes located about 200 kilometers northeast of Vancouver.
Astounding Heat Obliterates All-Time Records Across the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada in June 2021
Extreme heat this far north is particularly dangerous as these locations have a lot less experience with temperatures that high.
A Scorcher in Siberia and Europe
While record-breaking heat enveloped the Pacific Northwest in June 2021, other parts of the Northern Hemisphere also saw early-summer temperatures climb.
