Author: CleanTechnica

Summer Breakout in Northeast Greenland

Summer can be cruel to the planet’s remaining ice. Over the span of just days in July 2023, seasonal warmth led to the rapid disintegration of sea ice near the junction of two large outlet glaciers in northeast Greenland. The two glaciers—Storstrømmen and L. Bistrup Bræ—are visible in this image pair. Storstrømmen is the larger […]

Philippine Electric Vehicle Summit To Push More Vehicle Electrification, Infrastructure, Battery Development, & Policy Dialogue

The Philippines was thrust into using electric vehicles in the transportation sector primarily to cut pollution caused by the proliferation of two-stroke motorcycles. As early as 2012, the country had a mass transport electrification program sponsored by the Philippine government and the Asia Development Bank (ADB). The Philippines’ Department of Transportation (DoTr) estimates about 14,000 […]

Humans Emitting Carbon Dioxide 200 Times Faster Than Supervolcanic Eruptions That Caused Earth’s Most Severe Mass Extinctions

Lead researcher Dr. Qiang Jiang, a Curtin Ph.D. graduate from Curtin’s School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, said the findings were vital to understanding how to prevent future climate disasters. “Earth’s biological cycle has been punctuated by catastrophic mass extinctions, some of which wiped out 90% of all species,” Dr. Jiang said. “The main culprit […]