Category: Climate change
Researchers studying why Michigan’s moose population isn’t growing
Michigan researchers are studying why the Upper Peninsula’s moose population is stagnant. There are about half as many moose as expected after repopulation in the 1980s.
Stateside Podcast: Why “pounds” of mayfly carcasses pile up each year
You may be wondering why you haven’t seen swarms of mayflies yet. Cold water temperatures have delayed their arrival — but don’t worry, they’re on their way.
Counting the Kirtland’s warbler
Volunteers and conservation groups and agencies are in the jack pine forests this week, counting the Kirtland’s warbler which almost went extinct in the 1980s because of loss of habitat.
Battery Ferries: Helios, China Zorrilla, & BC Ferries Compared
Viking Line’s recently announced fully electric ferry, Helios, represents one of the most ambitious maritime electrification projects to date, and offers a powerful indicator of how quickly and fundamentally ferry travel is being transformed by battery-electric propulsion. Expected to be delivered in the early 2030s, it will operate between Helsinki … [continued]
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Geological CO₂ Storage: Massive Scale, Hidden Risks, Eternal Monitoring
The notion of geological sequestration of carbon dioxide as a climate mitigation strategy has gained prominence, largely on the back of a scenarios that aren’t aggressively electrifying and extensive fossil fuel industry lobbying. However, experiences from the oil industry’s existing use of carbon dioxide in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) cast … [continued]
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