John Fialka

Mar 4, 2024 | ourcommunitynow.com | John Fialka

Jan 17, 2024 | scientificamerican.com | John Fialka

CLIMATEWIRE | Scientists around the world are exploring the climate impacts of what appears to be one of the largest and farthest reaching volcanic eruptions in history. It began rumbling in late December 2021 and culminated in a towering plume rising over two tiny, uninhabited islands in the South Pacific called Hunga Tonga and Hunga Ha'apai.

Jan 4, 2024 | scientificamerican.com | John Fialka

Scientists have discovered what appears to be a relatively simple and cheap method of removing carbon dioxide from the world’s rapidly warming atmosphere. It was inspired by academic studies exploring the natural breakdown of rocks as they are exposed to weather. Now companies are working with rock quarries, truckers and farmers to scale up a process that could suck climate pollution out of the sky and turn it into a harmless substance that eventually washes into oceans and other waterways.

Dec 20, 2023 | scientificamerican.com | John Fialka

CLIMATEWIRE | A team of scientists from Massachusetts has developed a process to convert one of the world's most threatening planet-warming emissions — carbon dioxide — into a powdery, harmless fuel that could be converted into clean electricity. The breakthrough follows an almost centurylong effort to turn CO2 into a cheap, clean fuel.

Oct 19, 2023 | scientificamerican.com | John Fialka

CLIMATEWIRE | Construction crews working a few miles offshore from the port of Newport, Ore., are building the final portions of a sprawling $80 million test facility designed to develop a new form of clean energy: machines that can convert the power of ocean wave movements into electricity. They are finishing the conduits for undersea cables designed to feed power from a variety of offshore devices to the Western power grid.