Today’s Solutions: December 15, 2024

Carbon capture facility with ventilators on top

New carbon capture facility will remove 1m tons of CO2 from the air yearly

We have previously written about emerging carbon capture technologies and their potential to help us tackle climate change. Now, we’re thrilled to share with you a real breakthrough in our efforts to cut the amount of greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere. Scotland is set to become home to Read More...

Young grass coming out of the ground

NASA technology offers full picture of regenerative agriculture benefits

As you are probably well aware by now, most current agricultural practices have a hugely detrimental effect on the environment, leading to the degradation of swathes of land across the world which would otherwise serve as a tool against climate change. The good news though, is that farmers around Read More...

Tornado in a field

So what is the relationship between climate change and tornadoes?

Following devastating tornadoes in the United States this week, many are wondering, are these events fuelled by climate change? While wildfires and extreme rainfall have direct links to a changing climate, things are a bit more complex with tornadoes. Although the weather has a direct impact on Read More...

Young Indigenous climate activists defend their ancestral lands

Here are 5 Indigenous-led eco-charities you can support today

The climate crisis has caused us to reconsider our consumerist lifestyles and turn to Indigenous peoples to learn from their superior understanding of living in harmony with nature. Here is a list of five organizations and eco-charities you should check out if you are looking to make a difference Read More...

Youth activists march at COP26 climate conference in Glasgow

7 takeaways from COP26

The 26th annual United Nations climate change summit has officially come to a close. We shared a few updates along the way about coal pledges, carbon-neutral countries, and Indigenous forest protection, but now that COP26 is wrapped up, let’s take a broader look at what the summit Read More...

Wetland in the Everglades with waterlilies

Florida rejects plan to drill oil well in ecologically sensitive Everglades

From rising sea levels to more frequent and powerful hurricanes, Florida is highly threatened by climate change. That’s why it makes a lot of sense that state environmental regulators have recently rejected a plan to drill for oil in the Everglades. The Florida Department of Environmental Read More...

How inflammation plays a role

How inflammation plays a role in our efforts to slow climate change

It really feels like climate change is getting more imminent by the day. With every other headline about how temperature levels are rising, animals are going extinct, and companies aren’t reaching their promised quotas, fear, stress, and anxiety over climate change can be extremely overwhelming Read More...

English swimmer and climate activist Lewis Pugh swims in glacial waters

A few extraordinary ways ordinary people are responding to COP26

The long-awaited COP26 climate summit is garnering media coverage from across the globe, however, it’s not just the big names in politics and business that are sounding the alarm on the climate crisis. The global climate summit has inspired the public to think of innovative ways that they can Read More...

Looking to the past to predict

Looking to the past to predict the future of climate change

Contemporary climate modeling uses our understanding of physical, chemical, and biological processes to shape earth system models. However, as climate change presents our world with unprecedented climate events, these models are becoming flawed and cannot accurately simulate events from the past. Read More...

Lego’s new instruction b

Lego's new instruction booklet to save the world gives kids a voice at COP26

The COP26 climate summit in progress in Glasgow, Scotland, is an important coming together of world leaders and representatives to discuss climate action and policy, as well as the steps we’ve taken to limit emissions and global warming. However, none of those present in the meeting will be Read More...