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This Net-Zero Community Got Hit Hard By Hurricane Milton And Is Fine

October 18, 2024 admin batteries, buildings, clean power, climate adaptation, Energy Storage, Florida, hurricane milton, hurricanes, lithium-ion batteries, net zero buildings, net zero energy homes, net-zero, rooftop solar, Solar energy, solar energy advantages, solar energy benefits

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 17:04:38 +0000

After Hurricane Ian, we discovered that a sustainable, cleantech-loving community down right in the brunt of the destruction held up superbly when communities around it did not. Now, another horrific hurricane has plowed through Florida a bit further north (right where I live, in fact) and another cleantech-focused community has … [continued]

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Did You Know That Climate Hazards Are Raising Your Household Consumer Costs?

June 27, 2024 admin carbon emissions, climate adaptation, climate change, Extreme weather, extreme weather climate change, HEALTH, investment

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 00:03:00 +0000

Along the Gulf and South Atlantic coasts, sea levels have risen at least 6 inches since 2010. You wouldn’t think that’s a big problem in the scheme of things, but it is forcing groundwater to rise, which leads to elevated risks of overflowing septic tanks. The impacts of climate hazards … [continued]

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Studying Ship Tracks To Inform Climate Intervention Decision-Makers

February 24, 2023 admin climate adaptation, climate change, research, SCIENCE, Shipping, Water

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2023 12:10:51 +0000

Sandia scientists develop computer tools to study inadvertent marine cloud brightening.

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How Fiji Does Climate Adaptation: Actions Speak Louder In Virtual Reality

June 15, 2022 admin climate adaptation, climate change, cop23, ecosphere, fiji, meta quest, phoria, policy & politics, reality labs, United Nations, united nations department of political and peacebuilding affairs, united nations futuring peace

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2022 16:00:36 +0000

Over here in the US, much of the climate adaptation talk has to do with the familiar topic of infrastructure. Massive structures of concrete and steel are only part of the solution, though. CleanTechnica caught wind of a United Nations project that leverages virtual reality to communicate the nuances of climate adaptation, and they have […]

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The Fastest Growing Source of Global Emissions: Transport

November 4, 2019 admin air quality, California, california fires, cars, clean transport, climate adaptation, climate change, co2 emissions, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, fires, Fossil Fuels, HEALTH, Oil, policy & politics, research, SCIENCE, world resources institute

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2019 04:00:34 +0000

The multidimensional aspects of a situation are sometimes quite hard to grasp. Take a situation that involves one’s health, one’s transit, and commuting habits. How does travel, whether around the neighborhood, to the store, to visit family, or to commute to a job matter? It matters quite a bit in coexistence