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In spite of the fact that many choose to refuse the idea that global warming and climate change exist, it is nevertheless happening, as satellite data and meteorological measurements show. Speaking of the latter, the National Science Foundation (NSF) reports that a recent study showed a massive discrepancy between th... |
13 November 2009
14:31 GMT |
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Over the past few decades, our civilization has released billions of tons of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, including sulfur, into the atmosphere, generating what in the 1970s and 1980s came to be known as the “human volcano” effect. However, it has been widely believed until now that only vol... |
28 July 2009
02:44 GMT |
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A new model developed by researchers at the Princeton University holds the promise of being able to fairly distribute the burdens of carbon dioxide cut responsibilities to all nations that will participate at the December United Nations summit, to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark. Previous proposals have all been rejec... |
7 July 2009
14:41 GMT |
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For quite some time now, researchers have known that the vast amounts of carbon dioxide that are stored in the Arctic permafrost (frozen soils, river deltas and other sediments) will in the future play a significant part in the warming of the planet, but they never had a clear idea of just what extent this influence ... |
6 July 2009
09:52 GMT |
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In response to the emission reduction plans announced recently by the United States, the CEO of the large oil company Chevron Corp. said that they might be too ambitious. Plans are to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by more than 80 percent until 2050, but the manager argued that much of the existing energy infr... |
11 June 2009
20:01 GMT |
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Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is the generic name given to a variety of technological means through which facilities that burn fossil fuels limit the amount of greenhouse gases they emit into the atmosphere. Ideally, all power plants burning coal, oil or natural gas should have such carbon-trapping devices install... |
29 May 2009
06:36 GMT |
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As announced yesterday, the Obama administration has made public its new federal requirements for the automotive industry, as well as the new goals of the fight against pollution and global warming. Surrounded by representatives of the automotive industry, environmentalists, and top members of the Congress, the presi... |
20 May 2009
20:51 GMT |
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According to sources close to the US President, Barack Obama will announce today a new set of limits concerning vehicle greenhouse gas emissions, as well as new carbon limits for America, in a move that is without precedent in the history of the country. The new limitations will be applied nationwide, at a federal le... |
19 May 2009
08:40 GMT |
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Oddly enough, many countries around the globe are currently engaged in railroad repair work, attempting to replace millions of miles of tracks that have been left in decay over the years. However, one of the most pressing questions about the repairs, and one that is among the last to intuitively leap to mind, is whe... |
15 May 2009
06:08 GMT |
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Critics who say that global warming is not caused by man have just lost another of their “strong” arguments recently, when a new study has finally determined once and for all that the Sun plays no role in determining the climate change we are currently beginning to experience. The star does not influence ... |
13 May 2009
19:01 GMT |
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Some 12,000 years ago, a massive methane emission was recorded on our planet, but its source has still remained a mystery to this day. Some researchers have argued that the release of sea floor hydrate deposits, as in mostly methane, could have had something to do with it, but a recent analysis of the largest sample ... |
25 April 2009
06:39 GMT |
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The United Kingdom has recently taken a major step forward in combating climate change and global warming, when it has decided to offer drivers seeking to buy new cars 5,000 pounds in aid, if they select an electric vehicle. The move, which has been highly applauded, is aimed at ensuring that environmentally friendly... |
16 April 2009
08:41 GMT |
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According to a nation-wide poll conducted last autumn, more than 90 percent of all American citizens believe that the US should act to stop the effects of climate change, and should also employ measures to curb global warming. The respondents believed that the government should become engaged in such efforts even des... |
19 March 2009
07:16 GMT |
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While most climatologists argue that the onset of the human influence on our planet's atmosphere began with the Industrial Revolution, some 200 years ago, there are those who say that we began influencing our climate far earlier than that, when industrial-sized rice crops filled the plains of Asia and massive nu... |
18 December 2008
06:50 GMT |
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The Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced on Wednesday that new estimates placed the amounts of CO2 that the United States would emit by 2030 below the previously-estimated level of 6,851 billion metric tons. According to the new numbers, the nation will most likely emit somewhere around 6.410 billion met... |
17 December 2008
15:01 GMT |
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The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University, in the United States released four proposals for next week's international climate conference, scheduled to take place in Poznan, Poland. One of these suggestions said that developing countries, including China and India, should be al... |
25 November 2008
04:01 GMT |
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Obama's promises to the UN didn't go unnoticed, as Yvo de Boer, the executive director of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, said that the US president's attitude on the matter was very encouraging and promising, in the light of the fact that neither America nor China are includ... |
20 November 2008
04:40 GMT |
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When the Soviet Union collapsed, it left behind several nations that were entirely reliant on the communist giant to survive. These countries, along with a few others in Asia, including China and India, are now on a steep ascending curve, in what regards the amounts of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases (GHG) ... |
18 November 2008
04:53 GMT |
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Weather experts and climatologists in India warn the central government that authorities should take immediate steps to secure the country's food and water supplies, as the rise in temperature that will affect the nation is unprecedented. Due to increased greenhouse gas emissions, India will soon join China in b... |
11 November 2008
03:14 GMT |
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Large surfaces in China are subjected to natural disasters caused by global warming every year, statistics show. Most of them occur because authorities have little to no modern equipments and technologies with which to detect or prevent them. By 2050, predictions advise that a significant percentage of China's 1... |
22 October 2008
10:52 GMT |
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There have been some voices lately blaming global warming on the increased solar activity, however this claim is mostly based on pure speculation rather than scientific analysis, says a recent study verifying the role of the Sun in the current climatic changes which take place all over the world. Computer simulations... |
13 March 2008
12:12 GMT |
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In this rhythm, even third world countries will soon have capabilities for generating electric energy without disposing of greenhouse gases into the Earth's atmosphere. Last week, the building of the clean coal energy generating facility FutureGen was withdrawn, presumably due to a required sudden growth in the ... |
5 February 2008
06:23 GMT |
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On Thursday, the capital of the Republic of China was overtaken by a massive wave of pollution, even though the authorities strongly stated in the last months that the air quality in Beijing was improving. In order to protect the population of the city from the increased levels of pollution, the Chinese government is... |
28 December 2007
08:45 GMT |
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Since its invention more than 125 years ago, the light bulb has suffered relatively small changes in its design. It is probably the most inefficient device ever developed, since more than 90 to 95 percent of the energy it consumes during operation is spent on useless heat radiating from the tungsten filament, and onl... |
20 December 2007
03:52 GMT |
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Scientists say it did, and not once but many times, as global warming determined vast and rapid changes in clime conditions during greenhouse gas emissions resulted form the burning of fossil fuel. However, at the same time, they argue that it is not too late to reverse the process before it causes massive damage to ... |
15 December 2007
06:58 GMT |
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As a result of global warming, due to large quantities of greenhouse gases being dumped every year in the Earth's atmosphere, researchers are constantly developing new techniques and technologies to pull the excess carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere.The carbon dioxide gas is only one... |
21 November 2007
10:04 GMT |
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The U.S. emits about one quarter of the total greenhouse gas emissions in the world, which pretty much makes it the biggest pollutant. About 85 percent of the total emissions in North America come from the U.S., 9 percent from Canada, and 3 percent from Mexico. Studies show that in the next 50 years, the gas emission... |
14 November 2007
05:08 GMT |
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