Resources tagged with "Climate change"
Issues tagged Climate change
Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS): Is 'Low Carbon Coal' possible?When coal is burned, large amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) are released into the atmosphere. Releases of CO2 from coal-fired power plants make up around 40% of total CO2 emissions in the US, and are therefore ... [read-more]
Coal Impacts: Every form of energy development impacts both people and the environment. However, coal creates greater negative impacts than almost any other energy source, whether fossil or renewable. These impacts take place throughout the lifecycle of coal, from mining to post-combustion ... [read-more]
Coalbed Methane: SummaryCoalbed methane (also called coal mine methane) refers to methane gas that is trapped within minuscule fractures in coal seams. Once viewed solely as a hazard of coal mining, this gas has received recent attention for its use as an ... [read-more]
Glacier Retreat in Alaska: Glacier Retreat in Alaska The Dead and the Dying - through the glaciers of Tutka Valley READ ARTICLE Last winter's meager snowfall was followed by volcanic ash, then a warm sunny spring, melting the mountains back to bare ice and ... [read-more]
Non-Renewable Energy in Alaska: Alaska is famous for oil, which funds much of the state government. Natural gas powers most of the state. Less well known are Alaska's vast coal reserves - largely undeveloped. Other potential non-renewable sources include methane gas hydrates and nuclear ... [read-more]
Ocean Acidification: Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the major polluting byproduct of the combustion of fossil fuels such as coal. In the atmosphere, it acts as a greenhouse gas, trapping heat and causing global climate change. However, this released CO2 is also absorbed ... [read-more]
Quantifying coal: How much is there?: 1/8th of the world's coal? An oft-quoted statistic is that Alaska has 1/8th of the world's coal, around 1/2 of the total from the US. This may well be the best available estimate of Alaska coal resource, but it relies ... [read-more]
The True Cost of Coal: To the electricity customer, coal is relatively cheap. But missing from the sticker price are coal's major impacts on ecosystems, human health, and our economy. People are sickened by pollution from coal fired power plants, shortening their lives and burdening ... [read-more]
Uses of Coal: For much of modern human history, the primary use of coal was combustion in the home or in factories to produce heat. The majority of coal is still burned for electricity production, but usually in centralized power plants. Much of ... [read-more]
Waste Storage 'In Perpetuity': Perpetual waste storage Toxic waste is an inevitable byproduct of many industries, from mines to power plants, nuclear reactors to municipal landfills. Therefore, we construct facilities to contain or treat these toxic byproducts. In many cases the mandate of these ... [read-more]
Climate Change in Alaska: ArticlesClimate Change on the Northern Pacific CoastGlacier Retreat in AlaskaOcean AcidificationThe History and Fate of Fountain StreamEssaysAs the Beaches Wash Away - Global Warming and Coastal ErosionRelated JourneysLife on IceChukchi Sea at Toddler SpeedThe Dead and the Dying Since the ... [read-more]
Journeys tagged Climate change
Circling the Sound: This essay was written by Bjorn Olson and Kim McNett describing their circumnavigation of Prince William Sound in the summer of 2010Background In the summer of 2010, Kim and I attempted a circumnavigation of Prince William Sound in our ... [read-more]
The Chukchi Sea at Toddler Speed: We were out for a month, trekking a week at a time between villages. We walked and paddled around 300 miles, toddler and unborn child in tow. We shared mountaintops with musk ox, skirted carrion-eating bears, and weathered storms that ... [read-more]
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