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BASF partners with China BlueChemical and Wuhuan Engineering to develop new technology for use of CO2-rich marine gas

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JANUARY 13, 2022

to promote low-carbon development and utilization of marine gas resources. In the Dongfang Industrial Park of Hainan Province, China BlueChemical extracts large quantities of such offshore natural gas (marine gas) from gas fields in the South China Sea. Marine gas, unlike commercial natural gas, contains high concentrations of CO 2.

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Maersk sets net zero CO2 emission target by 2050

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DECEMBER 6, 2018

of global CO2 emissions. In 2019, Maersk is planning to initiate open and collaborative dialogue with all possible parties to tackle climate change. To achieve this goal, carbon neutral vessels must be commercially viable by 2030, and an acceleration in new innovations and adaption of new technology is required.

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Euro Parliament Environment Committee votes to include shipping CO2 in EU ETS; shipping industry to contribute to climate neutrality

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JULY 8, 2020

In addition, MEPs say that market-based emissions reduction policies are not enough, so they also introduced binding requirements for shipping companies to reduce their annual average CO2 emissions per transport work, for all their ships, by at least 40% by 2030.

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Synthesis Study Finds Ocean Acidification from CO2 Emissions Could Increase by 150% by 2050; Substantial Irreversible Damage to Ocean Ecosystems

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DECEMBER 16, 2009

This is an increase 100 times faster than any change in acidity experienced in the marine environment over the last 20 million years, giving little time for evolutionary adaptation within biological systems, the report says. Carbonate ion concentrations are now lower than at any other time during the last 800,000 years.

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Worlds Coral Reefs Began Decline At 320 ppm Atmospheric CO2

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JULY 14, 2009

Veron of the Center for Marine Studies, University of Queensland. The Earth’s atmospheric concentrations of CO2 reached 320 ppm in the mid-1960s, and 360ppm in the mid-1990s. 360ppm is the level at which reefs “ cease to be viable in the long term ,” according to coral reef specialist Professor John E.N. Jack Rosebro.

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Study: Increasing CO2 and Decreasing O2 Will Result in Significant Expansion of Oceanic Dead Zones, With Severe Effects on Marine Animals

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APRIL 18, 2009

New calculations made by marine chemists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) suggest that low-oxygen “dead zones” in the ocean will expand significantly over the next century, with severe effects on marine animals. This could have significant consequences for marine life in these zones.

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Marine Scientists Issue Monaco Declaration Calling for Immediate Action to Reduce Ocean Acidification

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JANUARY 30, 2009

Red areas are those where waters are under-saturated in aragonite and so hostile to shell formation by marine organisms, with darker color indicating greater under-saturation. James Orr, Marine Environment Laboratories (MEL-IAEA) and chairman of the symposium. Source: ACECRC. Click to enlarge. Surface ocean pH has already dropped by 0.1

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Study finds increased CO2 enhancing plankton growth; opposite of expected

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NOVEMBER 27, 2015

The results show both the power of long-term time-series of ocean observations for deciphering how marine microbial communities are responding to climate change and offer evidence that the ocean garden is changing. The CPR survey was launched by British marine biologist Sir Alister Hardy in the early 1930s.

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This Startup Is Building the Internet of Underwater Things

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Water covers 72 percent of the Earth’s surface, its volumes host 80 percent of biodiversity and play a pivotal role in global phenomena, such as climate change. Pioneering underwater network technology There are a few marine research stations scattered around the globe (like needles in algal stacks).

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National Research Council Study Finds CO2 Emissions Causing Ocean Acidification at Unprecedented Rate

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APRIL 23, 2010

Ocean acidification has demonstrated impacts on many marine organisms. While the ultimate consequences are still unknown, there is a risk of ecosystem changes that threaten coral reefs, fisheries, protected species, and other natural resources of value to society. unit—from about 8.2 making them more acidic.

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Study using paleoclimate data suggests climate sensitivity to CO2 doubling may be less severe than projected

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NOVEMBER 25, 2011

The team combined extensive sea and land surface temperature reconstructions from the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) with a climate model of intermediate. complexity to estimate the equilibrium climate sensitivity for a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations (ECS 2xC ) from. preindustrial times. However, we cannot exclude.

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AUGUST 31, 2010

Today’s Hot Dot comes courtesy of our our ultra-connected pal, Joe Romm of Climate Progress: Here’s the headline he gave it: Geological Society: Acidifying oceans spell marine biological meltdown “by end of century”.

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Draft of EPA Greenhouse Gas Inventory Shows Overall GHG Emissions Down By 2.9% in 2008; Transportation Emissions Down 5.7% in Largest Annual Change Recorded Since 1990

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MARCH 9, 2010

Fuel purchased in the US for international aircraft and marine travel accounted for an additional 135.2 After responding to public comments, the US government will submit the final inventory report to the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Transportation.

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£11m to protect our seas from CO2 emissons

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APRIL 28, 2009

A five-year, £11million study into the effects of climate change on Britain’s seas has been announced as scientists warn of more acidic seas affecting the food chain. “We need to understand much more about the scale and nature of the effect CO2 is having on our oceans and marine life.&#.

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Statement from 70 National Science Academies Calls for Inclusion of Ocean Acidification in Copenhagen Agenda

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JUNE 1, 2009

Ocean acidification is an important climate change challenge and is expected to cause massive corrosion of coral reefs and dramatic changes in the makeup of the biodiversity of the oceans, and to have significant implications for food production and the livelihoods of millions of people. units since the pre-industrial period.

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Study Finds Ozone, Nitrogen Change the Way Rising CO2 Affects Earths Water

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JULY 10, 2009

The researchers concluded that models of climate change may be underestimating how much water is likely to run off the land and back into the sea as atmospheric chemistry changes. Either way, water resource managers need more accurate runoff estimates to plan better for the changes. Credit: NASA. Click to enlarge.

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Study on Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Global Cities Highlights Importance of Geophysical and Technical Factors

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

The researchers determined the global warming potential, expressed in carbon dioxide equivalents (t e CO 2 ), for seven components of urban inventories: electricity, heating and industrial fuels, industrial processes, ground transportation, aviation, marine, and waste. t e CO2/cap.) t e CO 2 /cap., with New York City also high.

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Topsoe puts eSMR demonstration plant into operation for production of sustainable methanol from biogas

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OCTOBER 15, 2021

The climate benefits from using sustainable methanol is not limited to one single purpose. Sustainable methanol can be used for marine fuel, blend in gasoline, and for the chemical industry, where methanol is mainly used today. Fighting climate change demands clean fuels for all sectors. Image: Topsoe.

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Study projects net cooling of climate from ship emissions through 2050

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

As has been emphasized in several previous studies, a continued cooling response does not negate the necessity for reductions in CO 2 emissions, which are crucial to limiting the global climate impact of the sector since the warming effect of CO2 is long-lived. —Lund et al.

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New Model Determines Fossil CO2 Emissions Need To Be Reduced by 56% By 2050 and Approach Zero by 2100 to Keep Warming No More Than 2 Degrees

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AUGUST 2, 2010

A paper on the work was published in the journal Climatic Change. Repetition of the experiments using different pre-industrial starting dates enabled the scientists to distinguish between anthropogenic climate change and internal climate variability. Tags: Climate Change Climate models.

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The Why, How, and Maybe Not of Geoengineering

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DECEMBER 16, 2022

Eliza Strickland: Man-made climate change is already reshaping our planet, and carbon emissions aren’t coming down fast enough to stave off real disaster in the decades to come. It’s often called geoengineering in the popular press, but the preferred term is climate intervention. Transcript. That’s the theory. Wanser: Yes.

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DoD Researchers Work to Increase the Production of Higher Chain Hydrocarbons from CO2 Using a Traditional Fischer-Tropsch Catalyst

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JUNE 27, 2009

CO 2 could economically be extracted from the ocean, then marine engineering processes could be envisioned to use this carbon source as a potential chemical feedstock. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Fuels. Energy Fuels , Article ASAP doi: 10.1021/ef900275m.

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New Study Finds Flaw in Carbon Accounting for Bioenergy, Another Contends That Indirect Land Use Change Emissions for Biofuels Will Be Up To Twice Direct Land Use Change Emissions

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OCTOBER 24, 2009

A separate paper published online in Science Express by researchers from the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole and MIT concludes that indirect land use change associated with global biofuels programs will be responsible for substantially more carbon loss (up to twice as much) than direct land use. issue of the journal Science.

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Oxygen depletion as important as CO2 increases, scientist says

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AUGUST 19, 2009

The Institute of Science in Society (SiS) which published the research says that climate policies that focus exclusively on carbon sequestration could be disastrous for all oxygen-breathing organisms including humans. Although there is much more O2 than CO2 in the atmosphere - 20.95 Oxygen deficiency’ is currently set at 19.5

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Defence researchers hope to make most of CO2

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JUNE 28, 2009

Researchers at the laboratory have teamed up with colleagues from the Centre for Applied Energy Research at the University of Kentucky to investigate the hydrogenation of carbon dioxide (CO2) using a Fisher-Tropsch cobalt catalyst. This of course, would have tremendous environmental benefits in reducing the impact of CO2 on climate change.

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DOE Joint Genome Institute approves 41 projects for 2012 Community Sequencing Program; climate, environment and bioenergy feedstocks

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NOVEMBER 12, 2011

Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Germany. Understanding novel pathways for energy and carbon use in bacterial symbionts of gutless marine worms. Enhancing Bacterial Carbon Capture and Sequestration: Synthesis of Building Blocks for the Carboxysome, A Metabolic Module for CO2 Fixation. Dubilier, Nicole.

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World Earth Day & The Green Reset

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APRIL 13, 2021

It’s estimated that UK households waste 4.5million tonnes of food every year , which creates greenhouse gases 21 times more damaging to the environment than CO2 when left to rot in landfill. Simple changes amongst the masses encourages big changes across big industries. IMPLEMENTATION OF HIGHLY PROTECTED MARINE AREAS (HPMAS).

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BASF partners with China BlueChemical and Wuhuan Engineering to develop new technology for use of CO2-rich marine gas

Maersk sets net zero CO2 emission target by 2050

Euro Parliament Environment Committee votes to include shipping CO2 in EU ETS; shipping industry to contribute to climate neutrality

Synthesis Study Finds Ocean Acidification from CO2 Emissions Could Increase by 150% by 2050; Substantial Irreversible Damage to Ocean Ecosystems

Worlds Coral Reefs Began Decline At 320 ppm Atmospheric CO2

Study: Increasing CO2 and Decreasing O2 Will Result in Significant Expansion of Oceanic Dead Zones, With Severe Effects on Marine Animals

Marine Scientists Issue Monaco Declaration Calling for Immediate Action to Reduce Ocean Acidification

Study finds increased CO2 enhancing plankton growth; opposite of expected

This Startup Is Building the Internet of Underwater Things

National Research Council Study Finds CO2 Emissions Causing Ocean Acidification at Unprecedented Rate

Study using paleoclimate data suggests climate sensitivity to CO2 doubling may be less severe than projected

Today’s Greenius Connects-the-Hot-Dots For You

Draft of EPA Greenhouse Gas Inventory Shows Overall GHG Emissions Down By 2.9% in 2008; Transportation Emissions Down 5.7% in Largest Annual Change Recorded Since 1990

£11m to protect our seas from CO2 emissons

Statement from 70 National Science Academies Calls for Inclusion of Ocean Acidification in Copenhagen Agenda

Study Finds Ozone, Nitrogen Change the Way Rising CO2 Affects Earths Water

Study on Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Global Cities Highlights Importance of Geophysical and Technical Factors

Topsoe puts eSMR demonstration plant into operation for production of sustainable methanol from biogas

Study projects net cooling of climate from ship emissions through 2050

New Model Determines Fossil CO2 Emissions Need To Be Reduced by 56% By 2050 and Approach Zero by 2100 to Keep Warming No More Than 2 Degrees

The Why, How, and Maybe Not of Geoengineering

DoD Researchers Work to Increase the Production of Higher Chain Hydrocarbons from CO2 Using a Traditional Fischer-Tropsch Catalyst

New Study Finds Flaw in Carbon Accounting for Bioenergy, Another Contends That Indirect Land Use Change Emissions for Biofuels Will Be Up To Twice Direct Land Use Change Emissions

Oxygen depletion as important as CO2 increases, scientist says

Defence researchers hope to make most of CO2

DOE Joint Genome Institute approves 41 projects for 2012 Community Sequencing Program; climate, environment and bioenergy feedstocks

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