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Ocean carbon removal

It feels like science fiction. Sinking carbon into the ocean to combat climate change. But that one on the key idea is to address the problem.

Researchers are looking into a wide range of approaches to removing carbon from the atmosphere. Some are straightforwardly technical, like direct air capture in giant facilities can use massive fans and specialized membranes to trap carbon dioxide. Other approaches lean on nature, like growing trees and trapping carbon in their biomass underground. 

Oceans cover the majority of our planet, and in fact they already suck up roughly 30% of human-caused greenhouse-gas emissions through a whole host of routes. 

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  • Ocean carbon removal

    It feels like science fiction. Sinking carbon into the ocean to combat climate change. But that one on the key idea is to address the problem. Researchers are looking into a wide range of approaches to removing carbon from the atmosphere. Some are straightforwardly technical, like direct air capture in giant facilities can use massive…

  • Ice cream cone chocolate seal on a cake

    Ice cream cone chocolate seal on a cake

  • Guns, anxiety, America

    In 1991/1992, ‘Jeremy’ by Pearl Jam captured a specific distillation of American culture. Anxiety, youth, pop culture, parental responsibilities, and guns. Because it’s so easy to sit and watch. Let the world slip by. See the images on the screen and scream along with the words, nevermind what they mean. We were already afraid. A…

  • How to get better at anything

    One idea in order to get better at anything: mimic/copy successful people. I think this should be at least a little bit surprising, the fact that our mimicry abilities can extend to latent space like this. Some combination of largely unconscious mental processes gives us the ability to simulate the thinking of others, even though…

  • Poetry in our modern world

    An MIT professor discovered their students meeting to create poetry. The essay explores what poetry does and how it can function in our modern world. In work like this, musicians, writers, and engineers all share space. They collaborate in service of human life and the preservation of all we adore. They remind us that poetry…

  • Americans drinking less

    Alcohol consumption in the United States trending downward. A record high percentage of U.S. adults, 53%, now say moderate drinking is bad for their health, up from 28% in 2015. The uptick in doubt about alcohol’s benefits is largely driven by young adults — the age group that is most likely to believe drinking “one…

  • The best college football TV guide listing

    College football start this weekend. One of the more annoying first world problems is finding out what game is at what time and on what channel. Enter https://cfb.guide/ It does just that. If you create an account, you can set your time zone and your favorite teams. During game day, it even tracks the scores.

  • Facial Stimulation Clears Brain Waste and Boosts Aging Minds

    An interesting therapy possibility: clear brain waste with facial stimulation. Researchers have discovered a safe, non-invasive way to enhance the brain’s waste clearance system by mechanically stimulating lymphatic vessels just beneath the facial skin. This gentle technique significantly improves cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drainage—a critical function that declines with age and contributes to cognitive disorders like…

  • Middle class restaurants disappearing

    Those casual dining restaurants where you could walk in with out a reservation are slowly disappearing. Once rapidly growing commercial marvels, casual dining chains — sit-down restaurants where middle-class families can walk in without a reservation, order from another human and share a meal — have been in decline for most of the 21st century.…

  • American state capitalism

    Not sure if Reagan envisioned American state capitalism. We wouldn’t be dabbling with state capitalism if not for the public’s and both parties’ belief that free-market capitalism wasn’t working. That system encouraged profit-maximizing CEOs to move production abroad. The result was a shrunken manufacturing workforce, dependence on China for vital products such as critical minerals,…