How many trees does it take to offset U.S. CO2 emissions?
The answer? Almost 467 billion! I was looking through the EPA’s Inventory of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks (yes, I peruse reports like that out of pure interest; what of it?) and […]
Category Archives: Ecosystems
How is Rainforest Loss Really Contributing to Climate Change?
I recently read an article saying that Amazon rainforest deforestation between 2000 and 2010 totaled nearly 93,000 square miles, or an area approximately the size of the United Kingdom. Statistics like these are […]
Hide and Seek: Where is all the CO2 going?
Big news: Earth has been absorbing approximately half of the carbon dioxide emissions we have been pumping into the atmosphere. A recent article by Climate Central’s Michael D. Lemonick, citing […]
It’s Melting! Meltinggg!
You’ve probably heard: 97% of Greenland’s ice cover has melted this summer…mostly within a four-day period. In fact, the change was so dramatic that NASA thought their satellites were malfunctioning. […]
Let’s Pump Some Iron
It’s the solution to climate change we’ve been searching for! Every new green technology solution touts that claim, right? Well, Reuters recently reported that ocean iron fertilization could be the […]
Why Running Out of Coal is a Good Thing
(Aside from the reduced air pollution, of course.) I read an interesting post on Treehugger today about why the Earth will not form any more coal once we have used […]
Let’s Take Care of the Messengers
How adorable are penguins, right? I can’t help but smile every time I see Mumble’s parents fall in love during the opening song of Happy Feet. Who wouldn’t? Well, good […]
We Live in a Self-Sustaining System
It never ceases to amaze me how Earth’s systems almost always have a way to recalibrate themselves after being knocked out of balance. For example, the human body knows when […]
