Climate/Atmospheric Conditions


How AB InBev Beat its Eco-Cooler Goal Two Years Early

Source: environmentalleader.com Published: May 13, 2016 By Jessica Lyons Hardcastle Anheuser-Busch InBev beat its 2017 eco-cooler goal two years early, according to the company’s most recent sustainability report. The achievement moved AB InBev from its 2012 baseline...

Climate-Friendly Freezers

Source: unilever.com Published: June 21, 2017 We are continuing our efforts to roll out energy-efficient cabinets that use climate-friendly hydrocarbon refrigerants. Why are climate friendly freezers important? Hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants are greenhouse gases...

British Forest Pumped Full of CO2 To Test Tree Absorption

Source: Unknown Published: June 21, 2017 These huge arrays are pumping out carbon dioxide – the main man-made greenhouse gas. But this isn’t an industrial plant; it’s a science experiment. The ten year study wants to find out what effect rising CO2 has on a mature...

The Dutch Have Solutions to Rising Seas

Source: nytimes.com Published: June 15, 2017 In the waterlogged Netherlands, climate change is considered neither a hypothetical nor a drag on the economy. Instead, it’s an opportunity. By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN, Photographs by JOSH HANER JUNE 15, 2017 ROTTERDAM, the...

World’s First Commercial Carbon-Sucking Plant Goes Live in Zurich

Source: inhabitat.com Published: May 31, 2017 by Lacy Cooke Carbon capture is essential to the fight against climate change and keeping temperatures below a two-degree-Celsius increase, according to Swiss-based Climeworks. For a few years now they’ve been working on...

A Climate Change Solution Beneath Our Feet

Source: washingtonpost.com Published: May 17, 2017 Content from UC Davis There’s too much carbon in the atmosphere and not enough in the ground where it’s useful. Healthy soil can help flip the picture. When we think of climate change solutions, what typically comes...

Tropical Trees Solution for Climate Change

Source: communitycarbontrees.org Published: May 17, 2017 Planting trees in any climate is beneficial because there are many benefits of planting trees. Yet, planting trees near the equator “cools” the planet more than trees planted in temperate latitudes. Scientists...