not gonna lie, I immediately looked myself up on that website 🙂
This paper reports 8.8 GtCO2 in last year's fire season essd.copernicus.org/articles/16/...
Abstract. Climate change contributes to the increased frequency and intensity of wildfires globally, with significant impacts on society and the environment. However, our understanding of the global d...
This is definitely a concern and there are live discussions on how to separate "natural" from "anthropogenic" in emissions reporting - probably one of the biggest challenges we have in this area.
Forest fires that aren't related to land use change (i.e. clearing for agriculture and livestock) aren't usually counted in "anthropogenic" GHG emissions. Instead they are counted as natural fluxes, e.g. in the global carbon budget, even though climate change could be a driver.
IEA also reports a large hydropower shortfall in 2023, which may be temporary www.iea.org/reports/co2-...
CO2 Emissions in 2023 - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.
and me please !
Important advice for every PhD student: The importance of stupidity in scientific research I can still remember how stupid I often felt during my PhD. And I can observe my PhD students struggling with the same feeling. I find it helpful to understand that stupidity usually comes before discovery.
What if Direct Air Capture grew like ammonia synthesis did, with massive state support due to its strategic significance during two world wars? Maybe we could reach ~1GtCO2 / year by 2050. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
High-temperature direct air capture (DAC)—a technology which uses liquid solvents to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere—has made rapid technol…
These are things I'd like to study, as they also open the door on the production of disinformation, which has received far too little attention... Anyways, I'm glad they raise this, as its a worry I've had about the framework for a while