A geothermal power plant in South Iceland known as Hellisheidi Power Station could fight the effects of climate change on Earth. It has a project called “CarbFix” that could capture carbon dioxide from the air and inject it deep in the underground. Carbon dioxide is a gas that is needed by plants and animals, but too much of this gas ...
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Pope Francis urges world leaders to take action on climate change
Pope Francis says the recent spate of hurricanes should prompt people to understand that humanity will “go down” if it does not address climate change and history will judge those who deny the science on its causes. CBC | World News
Read More »Farming has changed climate almost as much as deforestation
Agriculture has moved more than a billion tonnes of carbon from the top two metres of soil into the atmosphere, contributing heavily to climate change, a new study shows. CBC | World News
Read More »An inconvenient truth: We could be fighting about climate change for a while yet
Significant progress has been made in the decade since Al Gore’s first film, but the future of the planet is not nearly assured. For that matter, even the future of Canadian climate policy feels something less than settled. CBC | World News
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