Causes Credit: Kesu01/BigStock Photo ID: 315632281 The new space race is causing new pollution problems Earth’s stratosphere has never seen the amounts of emissions and waste from rockets and satellites that a booming space economy will leave behind.
ResilienceOregon State University/Flickrhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ The surprising way clean energy will help save the snowpack As if we needed another reason to quickly ditch fossil fuels: Cleaner snow melts much more slowly.
Newsletter Photo by Malachi Brooks on Unsplash A nasty wildfire pollutant could worsen climate change Dark brown carbon particles in smoke can absorb light in the atmosphere, adding a heating factor not accounted for in most climate models.
CausesBigStock Photo ID: 475547223Copyright: Natalia Hanin Available for extended license use Firelighters ‘hidden culprit’ behind black carbon air pollution, study finds Previously unknown health and climate effects from firelighters exposed by researchers from Ireland, China and India.
CausesMurray Foubister/Flickr/Commercial use & mods allowedhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ Antarctic tourism is up, but experts give it a thumbs down Fuel spills and invasive species could be just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the impacts of increasing tourism in Antarctica.
ImpactsU.S. Department of Agricult/Flickr Wildfires are burning away the West’s snow A new study finds wildfires are burning more high elevation areas and dramatically impacting the West’s snowpack as a result.
CausesSchristia/Flickr What is the environmental cost of gas flaring? Russia is believed to have flared large amounts of gas near the Finnish border since July, releasing approximately 9,000 tonnes of CO2 per day. DW looks at the potential climate impact.
