"Cooling demand is expected to triple by 2050, driven by rising temperatures, growing populations, and expanding access to inefficient cooling systems. Without intervention, emissions from cooling could nearly double"
#climagechange #globalwarming #Airconditioning
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Keeping cool on a hotter planet: COP30 pushes for sustainable cooling and AI innovation
As the planet heats up, so does the race for smarter, cleaner technology. At COP30 in Belém, Brazil, delegates are weighing a paradox at the heart of climate innovation: how to harness powerful tools like artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced cooling systems without deepening the very crisis they aim to solve.
How cute is this plushie?? This hand-picked giveaway item accompanies @sarenaulibarri #solarunk story WHAT KIND OF BAT IS THIS? in the Bright Green Futures anthology.
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“The #environment is very cluttered already. Satellites are constantly dodging right and left. As long as we are emitting greenhouse gases, we are increasing the probability that we see more collision events between objects in #space.” https://www.texasobserver.org/earth-orbit-satellites-greenhouse-gases-spacex/
#ClimageChange #politics #USpol #news #tech
Earth Orbit Is Filling Up with Junk. Greenhouse Gases Worsen the Problem.
By the end of the century, a shrinking atmosphere could create a minefield for satellites, like those deployed by SpaceX's Starlink.
Earlier: “We have to develop 10 to 12 million acre-feet [of new #water supply] in the next 30, 40 years. And that’s not any small task. … It’s multiple decades, billions of dollars. So it only makes sense to treat the water supply needs just like we treat state highways.” https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-legislature-water-supply/
#politics #USpol #environment #ClimageChange #news #infrastructure #Texas #TXlege
Will Texas Secure Its Water Future?
Senator Charles Perry outlines an expansive vision of where Texans will get their H₂O in the coming decades.
“We have to develop 10 to 12 million acre-feet [of new #water supply] in the next 30, 40 years. And that’s not any small task. … It’s multiple decades, billions of dollars.” https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-legislature-water-supply/
#politics #USpol #news #environment #ClimageChange #TXlege #Texas
Will Texas Secure Its Water Future?
Senator Charles Perry outlines an expansive vision of where Texans will get their H₂O in the coming decades.
Meanwhile, #BackInTheUSColony, the Climate Risk Index places #PuertoRico in the list of Top 10 nations in the world most affected by #ClimageChange.
> Colocan a Puerto Rico entre los 10 países del mundo más afectados por la crisis climática https://periodismoinvestigativo.com/2025/02/puerto-rico-afectado-crisis-climatica-mundo/
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Colocan a Puerto Rico entre los 10 países del mundo más afectados por la crisis climática
El estudio de la organización Germanwatch cuantifica los daños en Puerto Rico en $2.6 mil millones en 2022, lo cual se suma a la interrupción en el servicio de agua potable en un millón de residentes y a la muerte de más de una veintena de personas tras el huracán Fiona.
Climate change, specifically increased temperatures, can heighten the effects of chemical pollution on nature and human health, a new study by University of Helsinki has found. #climagechange #health #pollution
Read more: https://sustainabilityonline.net/?p=5864
Climate change can heighten impact of chemical pollutants, study finds - SustainabilityOnline
Climate change, specifically increased temperatures, can heighten the effects of chemical pollution on nature and human health, a new study has found.
"Trees and land absorbed almost no CO₂ last year. Is nature’s carbon sink failing?"
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/14/nature-carbon-sink-collapse-global-heating-models-emissions-targets-evidence-aoe
PS: Here's a parochial take on this global news. I live in rural #Maine where most of us heat our homes in winter with wood stoves. We thought wood burning was carbon neutral — that CO₂ emitted by burning was roughly offset by CO₂ captured by still-growing forests. It looks like that theory, at best, is no longer true. Time to spread the word.
#Climate #ClimageChange
Trees and land absorbed almost no CO2 last year. Is nature’s carbon sink failing?
The sudden collapse of carbon sinks was not factored into climate models – and could rapidly accelerate global heating
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