Carbon Sequestration

Oceans and Carbon Sequestration

Meghan Carbon Sequestration, Oceans, YouTube Channel August 13, 2020August 21, 2021acidification, acidity, carbon dioxide, Carbon Emissions, Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change, Climate crisis, Climate Science, coral bleaching, coral reefs, greenhouse gases, Oceans, oxygen production, Sustainability, sustainable education, sustainable seafood

Today, we’re taking a look at the ocean and why it’s so important to sustaining human life. Off the top of our noggins, half the oxygen we breathe comes from plankton in our oceans, 15% of our global diet is from seafood, and the ocean helps to regulate our climate through carbon sequestration. Phew!

5 Big Businesses Turning Green

Chrystal Carbon Footprint, Carbon Neutral, Carbon Offsetting, Carbon Sequestration, Electricity, Emissions, Energy Usage, Sustainability August 4, 2020August 4, 2020Ambition 2030, Apple, carbon engineering, Carbon removal, Cornell University, Huvudroll, IKEA, Loop reusable packaging, Microsoft, Natura &Co, P&G, perovskite, Procter & Gamble, Project Gigaton, Starbucks, Terracycle, Transform to Net Zero, Unilever, Walmart

There is no shortage of companies who are suddenly using phrases like carbon neutral, net zero, climate positive, and carbon negative in their marketing and communications. But how much of that is buzz and how much is backed by action? As consumers, we have to get smarter. We have to understand that simply throwing a ‘green’ or ‘eco’ phrase onto some packaging does not make the product, nor the company, an environmental or sustainability warrior. We have to dig deeper than that, to look beneath the words to see that there’s substance. And happily we can report that plenty of companies aren’t just paying the climate lip service – 23% of Fortune 500 companies have actual, robust and ambitious climate goals. This is largely due to the fact that we, the consumer, ARE digging deeper, and ARE expecting more from the companies we hand over our cash to. Great work, swrmers! So dive in to find out what some of the biggest global corporations are doing.

Our Warming Waters – devastating for so many reasons!

Chrystal Carbon Sequestration, Global Warming, Oceans June 23, 2020August 14, 2020acidity, carbon dioxide, Carbon Sequestration, carbon sink, climate velocity, deoxygenation, ocean currents, oxygen production, phytoplankton, phytoplankton photosynthesis

When we think about global warming, our first thought is usually about heat trapped in the atmosphere by greenhouse gases. But the phenomenon of global warming, one of the major symptoms of climate change, is also causing the warming of our oceans. A while ago we explored the rising sea levels — and touched on the reasons and expected impacts. But it’s time to wade deeper into the health of our oceans.

Our Wetlands are Drying up

Chrystal Biodiversity, Carbon Sequestration, Water February 11, 2020February 11, 2020Global Wetlands Outlook report, Ramsar Convention, UN SDG, wetlands, Wetlands International, World Wetlands Day, WWF

As is perhaps obvious by the title, wetlands are where water covers land – specifically, soil. The water may be salt or fresh, or anywhere in between. And examples of wetlands are marshes, peatlands, deltas, rivers, lakes, (freshwater) and mangroves, estuaries, seagrass beds, coral reefs and lagoons (saltwater). They are picturesque, fragile, valuable – and in grave danger. Let’s explore some interesting facts about these essential ecosystems, and see what’s being done to save them.

What if we could catch all this carbon?

Dan Carbon Footprint, Carbon Sequestration, Forests November 8, 2019July 29, 2020afforestation, carbon capture, carbon dioxide ppm, Carbon Emissions, Carbon Engineering (Company), Carbon Sequestration, Deforestation, reforestation

Emissions from industry, in a foggy landscape

The most recent measurement of the concentration of carbon dioxide in the earth’s atmosphere was 409.52 parts per million (ppm). Given how carbon levels fluctuate, the concentration has been as high as 415 ppm. But leave no

The Amazon Fires

Ben Amazon Rainforest, Carbon Sequestration, YouTube Channel September 5, 2019September 12, 2019Amazon fires, Amazon Rainforest, Carbon Footprint, Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change, Climate crisis, Climate Science, Global Warming, Sustainability

All Eyes on the Amazon

Meghan Biodiversity, Carbon Sequestration, Current Events September 3, 2019September 24, 2019#actfortheamazon, #prayforamazonia, #prayfortheamazon, Amazon fires, Brazil, Brazillian beef, Cattle ranching, Deforestation, Land clearing, The Amazon Rainforest

By now, we’ve all heard about the wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest in South America. We’ve heard some pretty terrifying statistics, seen social media go wild, and watched the players on the world political stage enact

Forests & Carbon Sequestration

Ben Carbon Sequestration, Forests, YouTube Channel August 22, 2019September 12, 2019Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change, Climate Science, Forests, Global Warming, Sustainability

Land Degradation

Ben Carbon Sequestration, Climate Science, Food, Land Degradation August 21, 2019August 20, 2019Carbon Emissions, Carbon Footprint, Climate Change, Climate Science, emissions, Food Security, Global Warming, IPCC, Land Degradation, Sustainability

Whenever we talk about the Climate Crisis, the first issues mentioned are usually about reducing our carbon footprint, living sustainably, removing fossil fuels and transitioning to renewable energy. Very rarely does anyone immediately think of how our

What does your 2040 look like?

Chrystal Carbon Footprint, Carbon Sequestration, Energy Usage, Oceans August 9, 2019August 9, 20192040, Climate Change, climate foundation, damon gameau, documentary, doughnut economics, marine permaculture, pasture cropping, regenerative agriculture, solshare, that sugar film, the regeneration

So a few days ago I was privileged enough to go the cinema. My two little ones were at home with their dada, and I felt a lovely sense of independence and quiet as I showed my