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Independent: Scientists create ‘artificial leaf’ that sucks in carbon dioxide and makes fuel

"The new technology was inspired by the way plants use photosynthesis to turn carbon dioxide into glucose and oxygen. The artificial leaf mimics this process – with the help of a cheap red powder called cuprous oxide – and produces methanol and oxygen." LINK

Newsletter of Week 46 of 2019

The newsletter of calendar week 46 in 2019 is now available here.

Wheeling, K. (2019): Where Does the Carbon Go When Permafrost Coasts Erode?

Wheeling, Kate. 2019. “Where Does the Carbon Go When Permafrost Coasts Erode? - Eos.” Eos. November 7, 2019. https://eos.org/research-spotlights/where-does-the-carbon-go-when-permafrost-coasts-erode. "‌Arctic coastlines have not been considered carefully in carbon cycles for long, but new research suggests that eroding permafrost may emit more greenhouse gases than previously thought." LINK

The Guardian: Climategate 10 years on: what lessons have we learned?

"A series of leaked emails was leapt on by climate-change deniers to discredit the data, but their efforts may have only slowed the search for solutions." LINK

Lockley, A. (2019): Distributed Governance of Solar Radiation Management Geoengineering: A Possible Solution to SRM’s ‘Free-Driver’ Problem?

Lockley, Andrew. 2019. “Distributed Governance of Solar Radiation Management Geoengineering: A Possible Solution to SRM’s ‘Free-Driver’ Problem?” Frontiers of Engineering Management, October. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42524-019-0055-y. ‌"We propose a novel distributed governance model of consensually-constrained unilateralism: Countries’ authority is limited to each state’s fraction of the maximum realistic intervention (e.g., pre-industrial temperature). We suggest a division of authority based on historical emissions (Rocha et al., 2015)—noting alternatives (e.g., population). To aid understanding, we offer an analogue: An over-heated train carriage, with passenger-controlled windows. We subsequently discuss the likely complexities, notably Coasian side-payments. Finally, we suggest further research: Algebraic, bot and human modeling; and observational studies." LINK