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Posts Tagged ‘greenhouse gas’
Climate change, Science & Technology, Mar 5th, 2010,
For the longest time, CO2 was considered the main culprit in global warming. Many would pin climate change issues on this particular greenhouse gas. However, it seems another such gas intends to make its presence feared all the same: Methane.
This greenhouse gas has been sneaking its way into the atmosphere more rapidly than scientists previously [...]
Tags: Arctic Ocean, climate change, East Siberian Arctic Shelf, global warming, greenhouse gas, methane, permafrost, study
Climate change, Conservation, Politics, Feb 10th, 2010,
Malaysian palm oil lobbyists have apparently succeeded in keeping – and even increasing – the amount of biodiesel sourced from palm oil used in European cars and power plants. In an effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions, the European Commission’s Renewable Energy Directive (RED) requires 10% of fuels in the EU to come from renewable [...]
Tags: biodiesel, biofuel, Brazil, European, greenhouse gas, Independent, Indonesia, Malaysia, palm, palm oil, rainforest, Renewable Energy Directive, sugar cane
Pollution, Science & Technology, Wildlife & Flora, Jan 27th, 2010,
Research by scientists in the U.S. state of Wisconsin is pointing to some surprising evidence concerning greenhouse gases. But this is not exactly a study on climate change: the research is an attempt to find out how rising greenhouse gas emissions will affect local forests in about 50 years time.
So far, results show that plants [...]
Tags: carbon dioxide, forest, greenhouse gas, greenhouse gases, National Geographic, ozone, research, scientists, Wisconsin
Climate change, Conservation, Health, Politics, Pollution, Uncategorized, Dec 30th, 2009,
Pollution is a bad thing. We all know this. It endangers animals and ecosystems, contaminates water supplies, and (worst of all) it contributes to Global Warming. A big factor of air pollution is all the emissions from cars, factories and so forth. It’s a problem that can be found across the globe, in small towns [...]
Tags: chernobyl, climate change, coal, contamination, disease, Earth, emissions, environment, fossil fuels, fumes, global warming, greenhouse gas, Linfen, Mexico City, most polluted cities in the world, Norilsk, nuclear disaster, Pernik, Pollution, top 5 polluted cities
Climate change, Pollution, Dec 13th, 2009,
Over the years, you may have read a number of articles on global warming, climate change and carbon dioxide emissions. You may have compared reports, studied the statistics, and done your own bit of research into the matter. Then, right when you adapt to the information and become used to the fact that, “okay, right [...]
Tags: carbon dioxide, climate change, CO2 emissions, global warming, greenhouse gas, miscalculation
Climate change, Dec 10th, 2009,
‘Made up of decomposed trees and plants, sometimes as deep as 50 feet, the waterlogged land stores billions of tons of carbon dioxide. But once drained or cleared, the peat land releases many times more carbon dioxide than the deforestation of rain forests. Most experts believe that, as with rain forests, the protection of peat [...]
Tags: carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, co2, cop15, deforestation, forest, greenhouse gas, Indonesia, Kampar Peninsula, peat, peat forest, peat swamp, REDD
Climate change, Health, Sustainable lifestyle, Dec 8th, 2009,
Sweden’s newspaper Sydsvenskan reports on how your diet can influence the climate and how to shop climate smart. Above all: eat less meat. Steak and rice do not qualify, nor do soft drinks, Dutch tomatoes or many other imported foods. The good news is that it turns out it’s much cheaper to be climate smart: [...]
Tags: climate, climate smart, environmental, greenhouse, greenhouse gas, organic, Sweden
Pollution, Nov 24th, 2009,
Drilling, blasting, kicking up black dust and billowing noxious soot and fumes into the air, blackening industrial towns and sickening their populations. This is the picture we have of the Chinese coal industry, epitomized by the shocking conditions documented in Linfen, Shanxi province. According to an article in the Guardian from November 15th ’such techniques [...]
Tags: carbon capture, China, coal, coal diesel, greenhouse gas, Ordos
Climate change, Science & Technology, Nov 14th, 2009,
Here is a bit of news that might shock you: the high loss of ice shelves in Antarctica may actually be a good thing.
Lloyd Peck of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) led a group of scientists in a study of the shelves and other activity taking place in the Antarctic. What they discovered is phytoplankton [...]
Tags: Antarctica, carbon emissions, carbon sink, climate change, global warming, greenhouse gas, ice shelves, ozone, phytoplankton
Climate change, Nov 9th, 2009,
Just when you quote a source about how much livestock farming contributes to greenhouse gas emissions, it gets worse. A lot worse. According to a recent article in the London Times, methane – the second most important greenhouse gas produced by human activity – has an even more powerful effect on climate change than previously [...]
Tags: carbon emissions, climate, co2, farming, greenhouse gas, methane