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Did you know that soil emits carbon dioxide?
Not only does it emit CO2, but the analysis of 439 studies show that the emissions have increased over the last few decades. The study was conducted by terrestrial carbon research scientists, Allison Thomson and Ben Bond-Lamberty. They took 1,434 data points from nearly 50 years of soil-emissions [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
‘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 [...]
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: [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
What are the UNFCC and the Kyoto Protocol?
Unofficially known as ‘Earth Summit,’ the UNFCC first gathered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in June of 1992 with the basic goal of establishing limits on greenhouse gas production. The treaty was non-binding and without legal power. It is therefore commonly referred to as a ‘protocol’. The next [...]
Is palm oil ‘biofuel’ a complete waste and are big oil companies just incapable of getting it right? It’s like they just can’t resist doing the wrong thing. As is the case with tobacco companies and arms dealers, a conscience must be a liability in the energy industry if there is a lot of money [...]
After meetings in Beijing, Tony Blair, the former British Prime Minister, urged for climate treaty negotiations as China would appear to be committed to stronger steps to contain swelling greenhouse gas emissions. After his talks with Premier Wen Jiabao, Blair said on Thursday that climate change had moved closer to the heart of China. As [...]
The year 2009 has been a nice and crispy hot year for many. It’s got us hopping like cats in a hot tin roof, brandishing sunscreens like guns, and chatting about global warming over a nice cool drink. Some of us are also feeling guilty about releasing all those green house gases into the atmosphere. [...]
Have you ever wondered how we survived before super-markets came to be? And how did our parents go through life not knowing the joy of recycling tons of food packaging in color coded recycle bins? It must have been such a boring life for those who had their own kitchen garden and had to cook [...]
