Tag: carbon

• Thursday, January 25th 2024 - 15:03 UTC

  Scientists on board RRS Sir David Attenborough set to unlock Southern Ocean’s carbon secrets

  

  A team of scientists are embarking on an ambitious 30-day scientific expedition on board Falkland Islands flagged RRS Sir David Attenborough to investigate how carbon dioxide moves and transforms in the Southern Ocean. The ship heads to the Weddell Sea to begin the PICCOLO cruise this week, from Punta Arenas, Chile.

• Thursday, July 16th 2020 - 07:40 UTC

  Report on per capita carbon “food prints” criticizes beef and dairy consumption

  

  If everyone alive ate steaks and dairy the way Brazilians and Americans do, we would need an extra five planets to feed the world, according to the first report to compare the carbon emissions from food consumption in Group of Twenty (G20) nations, released on Thursday.