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Pilot Project Sends Kelp–and Carbon–to the Seafloor

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Last January, in the waters off Cebu City in the Philippines, researchers first deployed a huge flexible ring seeded with seaweed and spanned by spokelike ropes and tubes. This article is part of our special report Top Tech 2024. The Climate Foundation is one of several startups growing kelp to remove carbon dioxidefrom the ocean.

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Opinion: Consumer Reports’ Tesla Autopilot stunt crossed a line in an already-heated EV climate

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A look at the current political climate in countries such as the United States and the Philippines would show this. The post Opinion: Consumer Reports’ Tesla Autopilot stunt crossed a line in an already-heated EV climate appeared first on TESLARATI. It is then no surprise that tribalism is prevalent everywhere.

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Test of Planet-Cooling Scheme Could Start in 2022

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This question of whether climate change becomes so bad that we have to do something to dull its impacts and reduce human suffering is a very big one,” says Keutsch, an atmospheric chemist. For many, the mere idea of purposefully intervening in the climate system is problematic and worth shutting down before it gains traction.

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