carbon cycle

New hope for carbon removal

Chrystal Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change, Current Events, Emissions, Sustainability, Technology December 12, 2023November 24, 2023Bill Gates, Carbon Capture and Storage, carbon cycle, Carbon removal, CCS, Climate Change, Direct Air Capture

Plume of thick white gas over a forest, with CO2 etched into the plume

The disruption of the planet’s carbon cycle threatens climate catastrophe. As we struggle to reduce our emissions, we desperately need carbon removal.

Can forests really deal with all our carbon?

Chrystal Amazon Rainforest, Biodiversity, Carbon Sequestration, Forests June 27, 2023June 24, 2023Amazon Rainforest, carbon cycle, Carbon Emissions, carbon flux, Carbon Footprint, Carbon Sequestration, carbon sink, Climate Change, Climate crisis, Forests, Global Forest Watch, IPCC

Waterfall flowing into an aquamarine lagoon in the middle of lush green rainforest

Trees are super important for helping to manage our excessive carbon emitting behaviors. But can forests really deal with all the emissions we throw at them?

The Good and the Bad of Carbon

Chrystal Carbon Footprint, Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change, Emissions, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming August 18, 2020August 18, 2020carbon cycle, carbon sinks, carbon store, fossil fuel energy, Greenhouse Effect, ocean acidification, the carbon cycle

Carbon is a necessary part of all life on Earth. Every living thing contains carbon, as it’s required to form molecules like proteins, as well as being present in the ocean, rocks and, of course, our air.

How Animals Recycle

Julia Carbon Footprint, Recycling, Sustainability August 13, 2019August 13, 2019animal recycling, bowerbird, carbon cycle, dung beetle, fungi, hermit crab, nature recycles, Recycling

Recycling for us humans may have started in the 1970’s but for mother nature it’s a tale as old as time. Nature is a master recycler. Entire ecosystems rely on successfully reusing resources to keep thriving. Nature