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In Reykjavik, Iceland, a Climeworks factory located at the back of a power plant draws in ambient air and releases it as largely purified CO2 through ventilators. Halldor Kolbeins/AFP

Forget net-zero: to halt global heating, aim for net-negative

New research suggests it will be next to impossible to limit global warming to safe levels without relying on technologies to directly remove carbon from the air.
‘Permacrisis’ is Collins Dictionary’s 2022 word of the year, but polycrisis is a more accurate term to describe the world’s ongoing crises and how they’re interacting with one another. (Pixabay)

‘Polycrisis’ may be a buzzword, but it could help us tackle the world’s woes

What’s a polycrisis? We’re in one, and greed and power are undoubtedly worsening it, but our knowledge remains poor. Experts know a lot about individual risks and crises, but not how they interact.
The Internet is anything but immaterial, as all those messages, images, and videos live in data centres, which consume immense amounts of energy. Rawpixel

Could video streaming be as bad for the climate as driving a car? Calculating Internet’s hidden carbon footprint

The energy consumption of Internet use has multiplied by a thousand-fold in 20 years. So how can we better visualise our energy ‘spending’ and reduce carbon emissions?
In the Sundarbans swamp, pneumatophores are upward growths of mangrove root systems that allow them to capture oxygen. https://www.shutterstock.com/es/image-photo/pneumatophores-mangrove-forest-bed-green-moss-2130650117

Using art and song to help bring the world’s largest mangrove swamp back from the brink

On the border between India and Bangladesh, the Sundarbans suffer from overexploitation and rising sea levels. With a “Climate Wall” project, a virtual museum is raising awareness and increasing resiliency.

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