As the world warms, what happens to the extra heat and carbon dioxide? Hint:...

NASA Climate Change 2 years ago

As the world warms, what happens to the extra heat and carbon dioxide? Hint: 🌊 Swipe through for the details āž”ļø #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #Heat #GreenhouseGas #Ocean #CarbonDioxide #OceanWarming #OceanAcidification Image Descriptions (1 of 2): 1: View of Earth from space cutting across diagonally so that Earth is taking up the bottom right corner. A thin red stripe stretches above the atmosphere and fades at one end. White text on the slide reads: As the world warms, what happens to the extra heat and CO2? 2: White text over an image of Earth from space. A smaller panel on the right shows a bright red swath taken from a sea surface temperature data visualization. Text reads: As more greenhouse gases are added to Earth’s atmosphere, our planet gets warmer. Most of this heat is absorbed by the ocean. 3: A haze of bright red covers most of the image. The red fades into orange and yellow towards the top. White text reads: So far, the ocean has absorbed around 90% of the added heat from decades of global warming. 4: Satellite image of Earth. A tan strip of land lines the left side. A blue-green ocean swirls on the right. White text on screen reads: As the ocean warms, it alters the global climate – from global temperature to weather patterns to sea level. (Descriptions continued in the comments)

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Regulatory momentum across the built environment is tightening as governments and industry bodies align around robust frameworks for decarbonising construction. The EU’s reform of carbon market controls aims to maintain strong carbon price signals to advance whole life carbon reduction, while ISO’s new standard on net‑zero transition plans gives investors and contractors a consistent structure for measuring life cycle cost and performance. The Science Based Targets initiative is establishing clearer boundaries between verifiable net zero carbon buildings and unsubstantiated claims, driving greater transparency in embodied carbon reporting and lifecycle assessment within construction supply chains.

Engineering progress is translating policy ambition into practice. Plans for a large‑scale direct air capture plant on Teesside highlight a new model of carbon neutral construction industry in the UK, pairing heavy engineering expertise with circular economy principles. Expansion of natural fibre insulation and low embodied carbon materials into mainstream housing retrofits demonstrates eco‑design for buildings moving beyond pilot projects. Sustainable construction now depends on accurate whole life carbon assessment and the specification of renewable building materials validated through environmental product declarations (EPDs).

Climate resilience is reshaping valuation and insurance models as climate‑driven subsidence data sharpen awareness of the environmental impact of construction. Developers are applying sustainable building design and low carbon design strategies to manage soil instability and resource efficiency in construction projects. The focus on whole life carbon and embodied carbon in materials signals a maturing market where green construction and sustainable building practices are metrics of competitiveness, not aspiration. Standards such as BREEAM v7 reinforce this shift toward lifecycle performance, end‑of‑life reuse in construction and circular construction strategies that define the next phase of environmental sustainability in construction.

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