The dire wolf is no longer extinct. Meet the world’s first de-extinct animals. The science of de-extinction is to analyze the frozen DNA of extinct animals and then genetically engineer a similar animal to have the desired traits of the extinct version. They took Grey wolves and changed DNA so the child wolves would have …
Millions of hectares of old-growth forest disappearing every year, along with tens of thousands of forest species, scientists are calling for a greater emphasis on forest regeneration, in which natural forests are allowed or encouraged to recover under their own steam, for the benefit of ecosystems, communities and the climate. Environmentl Research Journal – Mapping …
I finally got XAI Grok 3 to admit that tree planting, if scaled correctly, can be a complete and permanent solution to the CO₂ problem, offsetting all annual emissions and removing historical excess to restore a pre-industrial atmosphere. I drew a parallel to farming—where we don’t expect every sector to grow its own food but …
Colossus Bioscience creation of the woolly mice Tuesday in a news release and posted a scientific paper online detailing the achievement. Scientists implanted genetically modified embryos in female lab mice that gave birth to the first of the woolly pups in October. Reviving extinct species like the mammoth, the dodo and others could help repair …
In 2023, the Climate Policy Initiative’s Global Landscape of Climate Finance 2023 report, annual climate finance flows surpassed USD 1 trillion for the first time in 2021, reaching almost USD 1.3 trillion in 2021/2022. This represents a doubling compared to 2019/2020 levels. Paris Accords came into effect in 2016. U.S. CO2 emissions fell 14% between …
There is a strange kind of logical error where people have a fear of climate change choose depopulation as one of the first solutions. Firstly what is the climate change problem? There are climate models on supercomputers that predict temperature increase of 2-8 degrees by 2100. They stop right there and do not question the …
Commercial heat pump makers have developed next generation cold climate heat pumps. Next-generation cold-climate heat pumps—a key clean energy technology that can potentially save households $500 a year or more on their utility bills while also slashing harmful carbon emissions. The DOE Challenge specifies that prototypes deliver 100% heating capacity without the use of auxiliary …
In 2011, Nextbigfuture covered a peer reviewed paper that discussed the maximum wind power that could be taken before it acted like doubling atmospheric CO2. Basic circulation model indicates that increasing global wind power by 18-34 times from 1 Terawatt today will be like doubling atmospheric CO2. This would be counter to the stated goals …
In 2021, the California Air Resources Board voted to require that new, small off-road engines – like the ones found in leaf blowers and lawn mowers – meet zero-emission standards starting in 2024. In addition, portable generators, including those found in recreational vehicles, must be zero-emission by 2028. The rules do not ban the possession …
Various unfortunate events have been some blaming climate change. The Maui fire, Canadian wildfires, years of California wildfires and food inflation. Maui Grass Problem Maui did not fix its vegetation problem for years. The root cause of the Maui fire was addressed in the Wall Street Journal, NY Times and other reporting. The WSJ titled: …
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $100 million in funding to support clean energy technologies by providing a path to market for promising technologies. Developing and deploying innovative energy technologies is key to delivering a clean energy future and achieve net-zero emissions economy-wide by 2050. Between the 2019 and 2021 cohort, ARPA-E …