News tagged with green house gases
Global increase of warmer years is no accident
Between 1880 and 2006 the average global annual temperature was about 15°C. However, in the years after 1990 the frequency of years when this average value was exceeded increased.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 09, 2009 |
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New Zealand gas research to help farmers' bottom line
Scientists have long accepted that gas from farm animals is a major factor in climate change, but how do you stop cattle and sheep from doing what comes naturally?
May 01, 2012 |
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Cruise ship threatens marine paradise
(AP) -- Stone fortresses and watchtowers which centuries ago stood guard against against marauding pirates loom above pristine waters threatened by a new and modern peril: fuel trapped within the capsized ...
Jan 20, 2012 |
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New model finds climate change could expose North America, East Asia and the Caribbean to costly hurricane damage
If you’re planning to build that dream beach house along the East Coast of the United States, or would like to relocate to the Caribbean, a new study by economists and climate scientists suggests you ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 17, 2012 |
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Sun sets on oil wells
Nobel Prize winner George Olah and Surya Prakash of USC Dornsife have found new traction in their methanol economy concept with their latest publication, the Open Fuel Standard Act of 2011 and the new discoveries ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 10, 2011 |
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Google reveals energy use to show search is green (Update)
(AP) -- Stung by concerns that using Google is bad for the planet, the Internet search giant has revealed exactly how much electricity the company uses and how much greenhouse gases it produces in an effort to show its business ...
Sep 08, 2011 |
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Space shuttle program: Triumphs and tragedies
When NASA's 30-year-old space shuttle program is shuttered following the Atlantis mission in July, the University of Colorado Boulder will look back at a rich relationship filled with triumph and tragedy and ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 05, 2011 |
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Chilean volcano grounds flights, coats ski slopes
(AP) -- An erupting Chilean volcano sent a towering plume of ash across South America on Monday, forcing thousands from their homes, grounding airline flights in southern Argentina and coating ski resorts ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 06, 2011 |
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Distribution of British soil bacteria mapped for the first time
Britain's soil bacteria have been mapped for the first time in the most comprehensive study of a country's soil biodiversity to date. The results are published today (20 April 2011) in the journal Environmental Microbiology.
Apr 20, 2011 |
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Debut of the first practical 'artificial leaf'
Scientists today claimed one of the milestones in the drive for sustainable energy — development of the first practical artificial leaf. Speaking here at the 241st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, they ...
Mar 27, 2011 |
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Can geoengineering put the freeze on global warming?
Scientists call it "geoengineering," but in plain speak, it means things like this: blasting tons of sulfate particles into the sky to reflect sunlight away from Earth; filling the ocean with iron filings to grow plankton ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 21, 2011 |
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