Tag Archives: climate

Key to predicting the future climate: looking back millions of years

[ad_1] An international team of climate scientists, including two from the University of Michigan, suggests that researchers using numerical models to predict future climate change should include simulations of past climates when evaluating the model’s performance. “We urge the climate modeling community to pay attention to the past and actively …

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Burning question of bonfire night pollution

[ad_1] Bonfire night celebrations contaminate our air with extremely high amounts of soot, scientists have found. Researchers from the University of Leeds tested the air quality during the Guy Fawkes Night events in the city and found that soot in the atmosphere was around 100 times its normal level. Soot, …

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What is a super typhoon and why is it so dangerous?

[ad_1] This was a record week for global hurricanes as powerful storms hit both the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean basins, leaving scientists wondering if they are harbingers of a more destructive climate-warmed future or if they are outliers that put limits to the test, but they remain within the realm …

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KPMG unveils blockchain solution to monitor climate emissions

[ad_2][ad_1] International accounting firm KPMG has unveiled its blockchain-based Climate Accounting Infrastructure (CAI) solution to help organizations measure, report and offset their greenhouse gas emissions. CAI uses blockchain to securely store environmental data in a financial system as part of organizations’ climate risk assessments and asset assessments. It aims to …

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Blockchain and climate change: NPR

[ad_2][ad_1] There's a lot of buzz about how big data and now blockchain will "solve climate change". Scientists are worried that the exaggeration will turn into a 'dangerous idea that there is a technological magic bullet. DAVID GREENE, HOST: According to a report on the climate U.N. published at the …

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Bitcoin expected to be the nail in the coffin of climate change

[ad_1]<div _ngcontent-c14 = "" innerhtml = " Studio shot of a virtual currency Bitcoin with an electronic circuit background / computer. Russia, Moscow Only the bitcoin could push global temperatures above the catastrophic threshold of 2% C by 2034 if the cryptocurrency is adopted at the same rate as other …

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