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Climate Expert: Don't Call It Geoengineering

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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. C by the year 2100 , according to Climate Action Tracker. C above pre-industrial levels. C above pre-industrial levels.

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Maersk parterning with 6 companies to source at least 730,000 tpy of green methanol by end of 2025

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European Energy is a global renewable energy company and project developer (wind, solar and Power to X). As a partner, European Energy will produce e-methanol for Maerskā€™s first green feeder vessel, which is expected to be on the water by 2023. Orsted (Denmark). WasteFuel (US). Maersk Growth invested in the company in 2021.

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

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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.

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Debunking the Lithium "Mining" FUD

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For example - the process of obtaining lithium from brines can be more sustainable by condensing evaporated water so it can later be returned to the ground. A completely new method is to filter lithium directly out of the brine using membranes, thus avoiding water-intensive evaporation [8].

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