Greenhouse Gases

A collection of 16 posts

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Elastocaloric Cooling

Cool new tech for refrigeration without refrigerants or compressors.

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The Greenhouse Gas No One Talks About

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Sand Batteries

A company in Finland has brought on line a high-temperature heat storage installation, using crushed local soapstone, to store off-peak and renewable energy for use during peak demand periods

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Efficiency Gains via Electrification, or Why We Should Electrify Everything We Can

Decarbonizing the economy by electrifying everything in it will mean we need less total energy.

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Trees

Trees are beautiful and maybe more. Updated: July 2, 2025

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Methane leaks: It's the little ones that'll get us in the end

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Intense debate

Intensity measurements have a particular use, but we shouldn't rely on them as barometers of progress.

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EU greenhouse gas emissions continue to drop

The EU met its 2020 emissions goals at least 10 years early, and had remarkable success in its 2023 reductions.

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China's CO2 flattens out

Chinese carbon dioxide emissions seem to have levelled off.

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Methane

Satellites are Pooka spotters in a global crisis

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Penguins emit laughing gas

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A hoax

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Meet the in-laws

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🍁Oh, Cap an' Trade!

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Coal: On its dirty little way out

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Methane: Still messing up the planet