Climate Change, South America and Water

Exhausted: How We Can Stop Lithium Mining from Depleting Water Resources, Draining Wetlands, and Harming Communities in South America

CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 14, 2022

To mitigate the worst impacts of climate change, we must transition away from fossil fuels like petroleum and coal and toward clean energy generation and zero-emission transportation options. However, many green technologies, such as electric vehicles and renewable power plants, depend on lithium-ion batteries, which require lithium.

South America

South America Lithium Ion Exhaust Climate Change

New ORNL tool to assess global freshwater stress suggests that population growth could be a bigger factor in water availability than increasing temperatures

Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2012

An Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) paper published in Computers & Geosciences outlines a process that might help to determine the relative importance of population increases vs. climate change. Our work establishes a new method to couple geographic information system data with global climate outputs and statistical analysis.

Water

Water Available Climate Change Global

UN Review of Recent Climate Research Concludes That Impacts Of Climate Change Coming Faster Than Anticipated

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Significant climate anomalies 2008/2009. Source: Climate Change Compendium. Losses of tropical and temperate mountain glaciers affecting perhaps 20-25% of the human population in terms of drinking water, irrigation and hydro-power. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

Climate Change

Climate Change Climate 2007 Ozone

Study finds methane emissions from coal mines ~50% higher than previously thought

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Kholod said that when a closed mine is flooded, water stops methane from leaking almost completely within about seven years. Kholod is a scientist at the Joint Global Change Research Institute, a partnership between PNNL and the University of Maryland where researchers explore the interactions between human, energy and environmental systems.

Coal

Coal Emissions Escape Ukraine

World Bank report examines likely impacts and risks associated with a 4 °C global warming within this century

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

The report is not a comprehensive scientific assessment, the authors note; one such is slated to be forthcoming from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 2013–14 in its Fifth Assessment Report. The report authors acknowledge that uncertainties remain in projecting the extent of both climate change and its impacts.

Climate Change

Climate Change Global Climate Africa

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

Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2009

Through a recent modeling experiment, a team of NASA-funded researchers have found that future concentrations of carbon dioxide and ozone in the atmosphere and of nitrogen in the soil are likely to have an important but overlooked effect on the cycling of water from sky to land to waterways. Credit: NASA. Click to enlarge.

Ozone

Ozone Water CO2 MIT

Climate Expert: Don't Call It Geoengineering

Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The leaders of the world have just returned from the UN's latest climate change summit, COP26 , in which the countries that have signed on to the Paris Agreement upped their commitments to fight climate change. IEEE Spectrum : What role does Silver Lining play in climate research or advocacy? In 2015, the U.S.

Climate

Climate Climate Change Mariner Pollution

Study finds that biofuel crops grown on marginal lands could produce up to half of worlds current liquid fuel consumption without impacting crops

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2011

Maps of land available for bioenergy production under one of the scenario 4 in US, Europe, China, India, South America, and Africa. Under any of the projections, Africa has more than one third, and Africa and South America have more than half of the total land available for biofuel production. Credit: ACS, Cai et al.

Fuel

Fuel South America Africa Illinois

Study Finds Unexpected Decadal Decline in Global Evapotranspiration, Links It to Moisture Limitation in Southern Hemisphere

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2010

The soils in large areas of the Southern Hemisphere, including major portions of Australia, Africa and South America, have been drying up in the past decade, according to the first major study of evapotranspiration on a global basis. —Jung et al. millimeters per year per decade. Jung et al.

Global

Global Climate Climate Change Water

U Calgary study finds oil shale most energy intensive upgraded fuel followed by in-situ-produced bitumen from oil sands

Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2015

Unconventional oil production received a boost recently especially in North and South America with the significant increases in production from oil sands in Canada, tight oil and oil shale in the US, and growth projections of extra heavy oil in Venezuela. … Earlier post.). —Nduagu & Gates.

Oil-Sands

Oil-Sands Oil Energy Fuel

Extreme E | Island X Prix – Sardinia | Your Ultimate Guide

My Energi

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Due to the ongoing COVID19 crisis in South America, Extreme E decided to make the quick decision to switch the location of the fourth race of 2021 from Brazil to the island of Sardinia off the coast of Italy. Excess carbon in the atmosphere causes heat which in turn causes the trees to die through lack of water and forest fires.

Store

Store Carbon Climate Climate Change

Study Finds That Plankton Blooms Do Not Send Atmospheric Carbon to the Deep Ocean; Weakens Iron Fertilization as Geo-Engineering Approach

Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2009

The results weaken the applicability of the simplest version of the Iron Hypothesis as a geo-engineering approach to climate change. SOFeX was meant to test the Iron Hypothesis in waters between New Zealand and Antarctica during the Antarctic summer.

Carbon

Carbon Engine Climate Change Water

Gogoro expands its battery-swapping electric scooters to the Americas

Baua Electric

JANUARY 31, 2024

The company has just announced its first expansion in the Americas, though you may want to brush up on your Spanish. South America will be the first to receive Gogoro’s scooters and battery-swapping network. The first scooters and battery-swapping GoStations in South America will become active in Q2 of 2024.

America

America Colombia South America Chile

Final session on international mercury convention this week expected to culminate in agreement; UNEP Global Mercury Assessment 2013 finds industrial source Hg emissions may be rising

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2013

The session is expected to culminate in the adoption of a new convention by the 147 states attending the session to reduce mercury emissions and releases to the air, water and land. Anthropogenic releases of mercury to water total 1000 tonnes at a minimum. Previous UNEP global mercury assessments considered only atmospheric emissions.

Mercury

Mercury Emissions 2013 Global

It’s Time To Go To The Mattresses

Creative Greenius

JANUARY 12, 2009

We already gave the Killer Coal Family a chance to stop disrespecting us and make things right - but what did those climate-changing con artists do instead? We’re claiming self-defense since rubbing them out is the only way we can stop them from doing away with all of us. And a little bit o’ wine.

Coal

Coal Carbon Climate Tax

Why You Shouldn’t Give A Shit About the Federal Budget Deficit

Creative Greenius

MARCH 4, 2011

Probably the Indians (and after that, we’re coming for you South America [I'm looking at you Brazil!], But at least every one of them will be well financed for their comfortable ride to the hell and high water coming our way. probably around 2025, so get ready!).

Tax

Tax Buy South America Brazil

Why You Shouldn’t Give A Shit About the Federal Budget Deficit

Creative Greenius

MARCH 4, 2011

Probably the Indians (and after that, we’re coming for you South America [I'm looking at you Brazil!], But at least every one of them will be well financed for their comfortable ride to the hell and high water coming our way. probably around 2025, so get ready!).

Tax

Tax Buy South America Brazil

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Exhausted: How We Can Stop Lithium Mining from Depleting Water Resources, Draining Wetlands, and Harming Communities in South America

New ORNL tool to assess global freshwater stress suggests that population growth could be a bigger factor in water availability than increasing temperatures

UN Review of Recent Climate Research Concludes That Impacts Of Climate Change Coming Faster Than Anticipated

Study finds methane emissions from coal mines ~50% higher than previously thought

World Bank report examines likely impacts and risks associated with a 4 °C global warming within this century

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

Climate Expert: Don't Call It Geoengineering

Study finds that biofuel crops grown on marginal lands could produce up to half of worlds current liquid fuel consumption without impacting crops

Study Finds Unexpected Decadal Decline in Global Evapotranspiration, Links It to Moisture Limitation in Southern Hemisphere

U Calgary study finds oil shale most energy intensive upgraded fuel followed by in-situ-produced bitumen from oil sands

Extreme E | Island X Prix – Sardinia | Your Ultimate Guide

Study Finds That Plankton Blooms Do Not Send Atmospheric Carbon to the Deep Ocean; Weakens Iron Fertilization as Geo-Engineering Approach

Gogoro expands its battery-swapping electric scooters to the Americas

Final session on international mercury convention this week expected to culminate in agreement; UNEP Global Mercury Assessment 2013 finds industrial source Hg emissions may be rising

It’s Time To Go To The Mattresses

Why You Shouldn’t Give A Shit About the Federal Budget Deficit

Why You Shouldn’t Give A Shit About the Federal Budget Deficit

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