Grist on MSN12d
Your gadgets are actually carbon sinks — for now
“We draw lots of fossil resources out of the ground and put them in the technosphere and then leave them sitting around. But ...
EurekAlert!13d
Construction materials and household items are a part of a long-term carbon sink called the “technosphere”
Little is known about the stocks of fossil carbon in the “technosphere”—the sum of all human-made artifacts, both in use and discarded. To estimate these stocks, and how they change from ...
Grist13d
Your gadgets are actually carbon sinks — for now
“We draw lots of fossil resources out of the ground and put them in the technosphere and then leave them sitting around. But what happens after an object’s lifetime?” The word ...