Boris Johnson will vow to cut carbon emissions by nearly 80% by 2035 – 15 years earlier than planned – but the pledge relies on Britons eating less meat and adapting homes Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to pledge to reduce carbon emissions The deeper cuts would see reductions of 78 per cent on … Read more
World’s wealthiest people are ‘elite polluters’: Richest one per cent produce DOUBLE the combined carbon emissions of the poorest 50 per cent, report reveals The report comes from the UK-based Cambridge Sustainability Commission It was compiled by 31 experts tasked with finding ways to best tackle emissions The panel recommend deterring people from frequent flying … Read more
Carbon dioxide levels saw a surge in 2020 to the highest since the mid-Pliocene era 3.6 million years ago. During this prehistoric time period, sea level was about 78 feet higher and the Earth’s temperature was about 7 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than our modern-day world. The year-over-year rise in CO2, 2.6 parts per million, is one … Read more
The Spiders from Mars isn’t just the name of David Bowie’s backing band in the 1970s—it’s the nickname given to mysterious formations on Mars that resemble creepy black arachnids. These ‘araneiforms’ (Latin for ‘spider-like’) were first observed 20 years ago, but astronomers have finally determined they’re caused by carbon dioxide vapor escaping from cracks in … Read more
A motor glider crashed into a parked bus after a pilot fell unconscious in the cockpit due to suspected carbon monoxide poisoning – but survived. The 72-year-old pilot likely passed out after the deadly engine fumes leaked into his cockpit from a faulty exhaust, investigators said. His Scheibe Super Falke SF25E glider went out of control … Read more
Despite being touted as the ultimate ‘green’ crop, cannabis is having a major impact on the environment, a new study suggest. Researches at Colorado State University found in Colorado that growing the drug indoors produces more than 30 percent more greenhouse gases than the state’s coal mining industry. The team found that the larger carbon … Read more
During the earliest years of planet Earth, as our world was still forming, icy comets were essential sources of carbon that may have kick-started life, a new study claims. University of Minnesota astronomers have taken infrared observations of Comet Catalina, a comet that visited our solar system in 2016, to understand whether comets played a … Read more
Plastic, glass, and metal have become staple materials in smartphone construction, but now one company is foraying into a new material league. Dubbed Carbon Mobile, the company has just announced the first carbon fiber smartphone – the Carbon 1 Mark II. Carbon fiber construction sounds all robust and attractive, but it’s worth considering that this … Read more
Fish poop, breath and other excretions produce over a billion tons of carbon every year, according to a new study. That’s more than 15 percent of all the carbon in the ocean, the planet’s largest active carbon ‘sink,’ or absorber of carbon dioxide. That makes fish an important component of the carbon cycle, researchers say, … Read more
Carbon tax plan gets binned by Boris Johnson amid fear it would spark a rise in food prices Prime Minister Boris Johnson has dropped plans to introduce a carbon tax The move would have seen prices for meat, cheese and gas rise sharply Whitehall departments had been asked to draw up a ‘price’ for carbon … Read more