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A recently-released image, captured by the American space agency's Aqua satellite, reveals a massive cloud of pollution and haze spreading over China, one of the fastest-developing countries in the world at this time. The massive amount of chemicals that are released in the air by its massive number of fossil fu... |
29 October 2009
05:33 GMT |
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It would appear that the same pollution particles that wreak havoc in our bodies also have adverse effects on plants. Scientists have recently discovered that emission particles that lay on tree leaves leave behind a small trace of magnetism in the plants. The phenomenon is more clearly visible in urban areas, where ... |
23 October 2009
06:50 GMT |
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Over the past few years, governmental and private programs have seen a slow, but constant, decrease in the amount of pollution that is generated around the world. In spite of that, scientific measurements have revealed that the pollution layers are, in fact, getting thicker, and experts have had no explanation for th... |
22 October 2009
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Even though it's not exactly certain at this point that life exists on other worlds, astronomers are already planning to detect advanced civilizations, maybe similar to our own in advancements. There are numerous proposed methods of scanning exoplanets for signs of life, ranging from establishing the chirality, ... |
19 October 2009
05:07 GMT |
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Dead zones is a term used to describe areas of the oceans or seas that have been so heavily contaminated with pollutants, that it's virtually impossible for fish and other marine animals to live there. Only some types of algae manage to survive in the toxic conditions, and, by thriving, they consume the short su... |
9 October 2009
06:25 GMT |
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When speaking about pollution, carbon dioxide, soot and methane are usually regarded as being the worst of its kinds. These particles are fairly small and, in addition to ruining the atmosphere, also have the ability to ruin people's lungs and lives. Because the public eye has been focused on combating these typ... |
5 October 2009
17:01 GMT |
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In the majority of climate models, soot – the impure carbon particles that result from the incomplete combustion of a hydrocarbon, such as those in fuel – is considered to be a chemically inert substance that does not react with other compounds in the atmosphere. However, a recent investigation disproves... |
1 September 2009
16:01 GMT |
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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is probably one of the few places in the world you really don't want your ship to down near. What may seem like a chain of islands from well above turns out to be nothing but hundreds of miles of loosely bound trash, floating around in the Northern Pacific Ocean. But the accurate ... |
28 August 2009
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Collecting live information from inside fish colonies and marine ecosystems was never an easy task for naturalists and documentary reporters. The human factor is always tainting the results of studies, and it therefore needs to be eliminated. This is precisely what a new type of robotic fish will do, in addition to p... |
27 August 2009
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When they compared polar bear skulls that were harvested in the early 20th century with modern-day ones, researchers discovered that the older remains were significantly larger in size than the newer specimens. Experts believe that, at this point, the large mammals are being forced to reduce their size on account of ... |
25 August 2009
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The concept of urban metabolism is not by far a new one. Scientists have proposed that similarities exist between the world's megacities and living organisms for a long time, but now reports on how human settlements function are drawing more and more parallels to the living world. The comparisons, experts say, m... |
19 August 2009
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A group of marine biologists and environmentalists from California is setting sail to the Northern Pacific this week, to visit the immense patch of garbage that has accumulated in the region due to converging currents. In the years since this formation has been made public, it has become obvious that the patch, now t... |
5 August 2009
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Scientists keeping an eye on the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico, an area where oxygen levels have dropped to such lows that they no longer sustain animal and plant life, have reported that, this year, the formation is smaller than anticipated, but that the overall extent of the damage has increased considerably. The... |
28 July 2009
10:05 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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Two researchers recently proposed in the journal Renewable Energy that mine shafts about to be abandoned could be used to extract alternative thermal energy from the ground, helping meet local towns' power demands even after the coal yield became insufficient to keep the mine open. The internal heat of the Earth... |
27 July 2009
10:49 GMT |
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Experts from the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have recently proposed a new method of separating carbon dioxide from the emission pertaining to fossil fuel-powered plants, which is both more efficient and cleaner than the existing one. The new screening method invo... |
23 July 2009
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A new study has recently revealed that it may be more constructive to plant trees in the middle of the street using a more widely spaced layout plan than cramming many in the same place. According to the paper, while those plants with some distance between them are very efficient at soaking up carbon dioxide, those t... |
21 July 2009
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Pollution, oil spill, and air contamination are all real problems, as most of you living in large cities know. When it comes to their effect on nature, it can roughly be quantized, simply because there is no way of knowing how much damage an accident such as the Exxon Valdez oil spill caused. Its effects stretch to t... |
9 July 2009
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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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Completely taken aback by the massive success they registered with cleaning Beijing's air during the 2008 Olympic Games, authorities in the Chinese capital have now recovered, and are moving towards extending the exemplary accomplishment around the country. The Communist government has for a long time stated tha... |
4 July 2009
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Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced recently that the city would move towards gradually reducing, and eventually eliminating, the use of coal in its power plants by 2020, in a bid to combat air pollution, global warming, and climate change. This move is only the latest in a row coming from California, th... |
4 July 2009
05:26 GMT |
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Over the past 130 years, the human influence on the oceans has increased constantly, leading to such effects as ocean acidification, coral reef loss, but also to another major negative side-effect – the destruction of seagrass meadows. These areas of the world's waters, which can be likened to pastures for... |
30 June 2009
04:53 GMT |
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In what Swansea University Professor Larch Maxey described as the “irony of our times,” the expert was invited to fly from his home in England to the United States, to attend a climate change conference at the Smithsonian Festival. Maxey, who, for the past 15 years, failed to wrap his mind around the whol... |
27 June 2009
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Experts from the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS, in Dresden, Germany, have just created a new type of particle filter that is circle-shaped. Although this may not seem like much, their creation will help vehicle users save a lot of money when they will install particle filters on their... |
26 June 2009
05:39 GMT |
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On June 24th, 2009, a new agreement between two research institutes was singed, stating that they would engage in actively looking for a new means of treating heavily polluted waters. At this point, the product is treated in regular decontamination plants, but these facilities are oftentimes inadequate to thoroughly ... |
25 June 2009
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Dolphins in the waters of the Mekong River are nearing extinction, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has recently announced. The results of an on-site investigation have unveiled the fact that only about 80 individuals still endure in the waters of the heavily polluted river, which is the tenth largest in the world, and ... |
18 June 2009
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Yesterday, the Chinese capital city of Beijing saw one of the weirdest phenomenons its inhabitants ever experienced, when, near noon, the skies turned black and the day turned into night, as a “freak storm” rained down upon the metropolis. ABC China correspondent Stephen McDonell and cameraman Rob Hill we... |
17 June 2009
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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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Taking their commitment on reducing their carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions further, as previously stated, seven of the largest airlines in the world, including Air France/KLM and British Airways, have requested that the United Nations set the CO2 targets for the aviation industry soon. Together with the international N... |
9 June 2009
06:24 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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While most environmental campaigners in the world today are focusing their efforts on forcing governments to enforce sharper standards for pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, the issue of just how many gallons of petrol go into making the plastic parts of an average car is not in the spotlight. Seats, dashboards,... |
27 May 2009
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The 193 nations that signed together the 1989 Montreal Protocol showed, at the time, the level of cooperation that could be achieved at an international level, if the faith of the planet was at stake. Thanks to these nations, chemicals such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) and other dangerous substances were entirely pha... |
21 May 2009
18:31 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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Over the years, Peruvian lakes have shown archaeologists that the traces of pollution they contain were not generated only by modern-day industrial activities, but also by mining done by the Spanish, the Incas, and several other populations on these territories before them. A number of lakes around Peru have importan... |
19 May 2009
21:01 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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The UK Government is poised to soon unveil plans that would basically force all citizens to have their homes outfitted with “smart meters,” devices that are able to interfere with the gas and electricity networks and to regulate consumption. The move will reduce the load on power grids during peak periods... |
11 May 2009
05:57 GMT |
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Officials from the large oil company Shell have announced recently that the enterprise believes the best way of getting rid of excess carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere is to capture it and store it underground. According to the numbers the representatives have supplied, this step in the technological process, ap... |
8 May 2009
06:55 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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Over the 20th century, mankind has emitted a number of dangerous chemicals into the atmosphere, of which the most damaging to the planet have been chlorofluorocarbons (CFC). These substances have had a direct and adverse effect on the ozone layer, making it thinner over the years, and finally breaching it over Antarc... |
14 April 2009
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According to a new policy brief, released only recently by climate experts at the Carnegie Mellon university, cap-and-trade systems alone will not be sufficient in ensuring that the United States lower their carbon dioxide (CO2) emission levels by 50 to 80 percent until 2050. This goal has been expressed by the White... |
14 April 2009
09:10 GMT |
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The latest international climate talks, held in Bonn, Germany, as a preview to the December UN summit in Copenhagen, did nothing to solve any actual issue related to the environment, but rather evidenced the fact that there was a widening conflict between developed and developing nations, when it came to deciding the... |
9 April 2009
08:26 GMT |
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In an unexpected move, four of the world's largest airline companies have “banded” together to back up a global emission-trading scheme and to also make recommendations to the United Nations policy-making teams on how the changes and new laws are to be implemented. Representatives from British Airway... |
6 April 2009
06:46 GMT |
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A lot of companies are under big pressure to keep their manufacturing process as “green” as possible in order to prevent the increase of pollution and eventually destroy the planet. Among the organizations that militate most gravely against wasteful corporations is Greenpeace, which releases every year a ... |
2 April 2009
15:01 GMT |
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People in the city of Spokane, Washington have turned from law-abiding individuals into detergent smugglers, a new research seems to show. Because their state implemented legislation regulating the use of phosphate-based dishwasher detergent, some have begun smuggling it in from out of the state, as they say that the... |
28 March 2009
06:46 GMT |
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On Wednesday, a famed Australian scientist told at a major international climate change conference that summers over the city of Sydney might literally become deadly-hot by 2060, on account of the massive changes that global warming and climate change would cause in the atmosphere, if left unchecked. He warned that, ... |
26 March 2009
09:51 GMT |
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Taking a potted plant and placing it on your desk might not be just a girlie thing, as in, prompted by aesthetic reasons, as we all might be tempted to believe. In fact, a plant helps us fight allergies caused by indoor pollution in what is known as the “Sick Building Syndrome,” according to a NASA study.... |
24 March 2009
09:24 GMT |
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Researchers investigating deep-sea coral reefs off the coast of Hawaii have recently announced that they believe they've discovered the old marine animals with a skeleton in the ocean, having dated a coral sample to more than 4,265 years ago. Unlike their shallow-water counterparts, deep-sea corals live at depth... |
24 March 2009
04:20 GMT |
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Scientists in the United Kingdom have just finished working on a new type of fish, which has been created from scratch using brand new technologies. The creatures look and behave like the real deal, but they are actually robots, designed for the only purpose of swimming in various portions of the oceans and recording... |
23 March 2009
06:07 GMT |
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In order to help reduce the carbon footprint associated with computers worldwide, Google co-founded the Climate Savers Computing Initiative (CSCI) to teach and educate users on how to build a “greener” future. How? By using power management tools on their personal computers and buying more efficient machi... |
10 March 2009
08:25 GMT |
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Most of us have heard others say that the weather is killing them, something scientists may have been inclined to laugh about. Now, they are dead serious. An impressive study, conducted on more than 7,000 individuals, has proven that there is, indeed, a direct connection between air pollution, bad weather, high tempe... |
10 March 2009
06:57 GMT |
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