Tag: engineering

Klaus Lackner Takes Step Toward Workable Carbon Capture Technology

by | 2.1.2013 at 12:47pm | 1 Comment
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Klaus Lackner’s approach to slowing global warming is to scrub carbon dioxide from the air—literally.

Achieving Water Sustainability in Ceará, Brazil

by | 11.21.2011 at 5:34pm | 1 Comment
A rice field at a government-sponsored agricultural cooperative in Morada Nova, Brazil

Achieving sustainable water sustainability in Brazil’s semi-arid northeast will involve more than just building pipes, pumps and water towers: it will require significant changes in the ways water is monitored, distributed and used throughout the region.

Cities at a Turning Point

by | 4.23.2009 at 10:24am | 6 Comments

Scientists warn that many cities around the world may soon face big climate-change challenges: rising seas; shrinking water supplies; killer summer heat waves; rises in water-borne diseases as temperatures go up and sewers are swamped. No one is predicting that, say, London or Miami will simply drop beneath the waves–but these and other cities will probably have to be redesigned if [...]