Simbalism Energy + Efficiency

20/02/2025

https://youtu.be/tRA2SfSk2Tc?si=3ib00IqLLKJaJaQL

What does “climate change” mean? Neil deGrasse Tyson explains under-emphasized elements of climate change and humanity’s relationship to the Earth and our ci...

28/12/2024

What are the odds of a stratospheric polar vortex disruption this winter? In this month's Polar Vortex Blog our experts take a look at two things that help predict the chances for a disruption, one of which is the Quasi-biennial Oscillation (QBO).

The QBO describes an approximately 2-year (or, “quasi-biennial”) cycle of alternating easterly (from the east) and westerly (from the west) winds in the tropical stratosphere. This flip-flop of tropical winds can either allow waves in the stratosphere to keep traveling into the subtropical regions (if the QBO winds are blowing from the west) or force them to break closer to the pole (if the QBO winds are blowing from the east).

This is one explanation for why we see weaker polar vortex winds and increased chances of sudden warmings during “easterly QBO” and stronger polar vortex winds and reduced chances of sudden warmings during “westerly QBO”.

Learn more: https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/polar-vortex/predicting-chances-polar-vortex-disruption-winter

15/10/2024

🔥BREAKING: Activists in Durban, South Africa are outside corporate plastic polluter Unilever's HQ.

It’s time for serious action to phase out your single-use plastic packaging and advocate for a Global Plastics Treaty to cap and phase down plastic production.

09/12/2023

We'd not realised that Randy Feltface was outspoken on this topic. Well done Randy :)

Because there's no planet B... In season 2, The New Joneses are hitting the road again in their all-electric vehicle, to find the daily stuff we can all do t...

08/12/2023

Our research shows that the blanketing the ocean can’t be simply cleaned up. Flashy “false solutions”, like ocean cleanup, chemical recycling, and plastic-eating microbes merely distract us from the urgent need to turn off the tap.

Instead, we need to look upstream to develop solutions before plastic gets into the environment in the first place. 5 Gyres is committed to using science to inform solutions that reduce the harm of plastic pollution where we’ll have the biggest impact - at the source.

Stay tuned as we dive into our work focused on Parks, Policy, PHA, and Parkas, and support real solutions today!

07/12/2023

Americans have specific expectations for their cars. Do EVs need to evolve to meet their demands – or are consumers' perceptions miscalibrated?

02/12/2023

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/science-environment-67588259

"The Earth does not belong to us, we belong to the Earth"

Speaking at COP28, King Charles III says humans are carrying out a "vast, frightening experiment" on the planet.

01/08/2023

Our use of plastic is simply out of control ...

A report warns today is the point in the year where the amount of short-life plastic waste being produced annually exceeds the global capacity to manage it effectively.

10/01/2023

Scientists have discovered that the amount of microplastics found at the bottom of the ocean is growing. So what are microplastics and why are they a problem?

19/11/2022

https://news.mit.edu/2022/earth-stabilizing-temperature-1116

MIT researchers have confirmed that Earth harbors a “stabilizing feedback” mechanism that acts over hundreds of thousands of years to keep global temperatures within a steady, habitable range.

18/11/2022

Smart thinking

Floating solar panels that track the Sun can generate large amounts of clean electricity, without taking up valuable land.