News tagged with greenhouse gases
Related topics: climate change , carbon dioxide , greenhouse gas emissions , climate , global warming
KLM to turn used cooking oil into aviation biofuel
(AP) -- Dutch airline KLM plans to use recycled cooking oil as biofuel to power flights to and from France in a move aimed at cutting carbon emissions.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jun 22, 2011 |
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Atmospheric carbon dioxide buildup unlikely to spark abrupt climate change
There have been instances in Earth history when average temperatures have changed rapidly, as much as 10 degrees Celsius (18 degrees Fahrenheit) over a few decades, and some have speculated the same could happen again as ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 20, 2011 |
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New website to monitor greenhouse gases
An Australian research institute on Monday launched a website that allows the public to monitor greenhouse gas emissions in the southern hemisphere.
Jun 20, 2011 |
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UN meets to mull climate change quick-fix options
On the heels of another halting round of talks on climate change, UN scientists this week will review quick-fix options for beating back the threat of global warming that rely on technology rather than political ...
Jun 19, 2011 |
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As climate talks sputter, UN scientists vet 'Plan B'
On the heels of another halting round of talks on climate change, UN scientists this week will review quick-fix options for beating back the threat of global warming that rely on technology rather than political wrangling.
Jun 18, 2011 |
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At UN talks, Kyoto Protocol hangs in the balance
The fate of the only international agreement that sets binding targets for curbing greenhouse gases is hanging by a thread, say veteran watchers of the UN talks unfolding here.
Jun 15, 2011 |
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Vermont capital residents OK wood-heating system
(AP) -- Vermont's capital city is going ahead with a plan to expand state government's wood-fired heating system into city schools and government buildings.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jun 15, 2011 |
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'Kill a camel' to cut pollution concept in Australia
Australia is considering awarding carbon credits for killing feral camels as a way to tackle climate change.
Jun 09, 2011 |
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First-of-its-kind fluorescence map offers a new view of the world's land plants
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., have produced groundbreaking global maps of land plant fluorescence, a difficult-to-detect reddish glow that leaves emit ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 06, 2011 |
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How important are climate models for revealing the causes of environmental change?
The human impact on the environment, especially through the release of greenhouse gases, is an area of controversy in public understanding of climate change, and is important for predicting future changes. Many studies into ...
Jun 06, 2011 |
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New study indicates carbon release to atmosphere ten times faster than in the past
The rate of release of carbon into the atmosphere today is nearly 10 times as fast as during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), 55.9 million years ago, the best analog we have for current global warming, according ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 05, 2011 |
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Mayors reach climate deal with World Bank
Leaders of the C40 Mayors Summit on climate change said Wednesday the group had reached a financing agreement with the World Bank to help the world's major cities better adapt to climate change.
Jun 01, 2011 |
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Study finds greenhouse gas reduction strategy may be safe for soil animals
A new study has found that an emerging tool for combating climate change may cause less harm to some soil animals than initial studies suggested.
Jun 01, 2011 |
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EU carbon emissions 'plummeted in 2009'
Greenhouse-gas emissions by the 27 members of the European Union fell by 7.1 percent in 2009 over 2008, driven by economic recession but also a switch to renewable energy, the European Environment Agency (EAA) ...
May 31, 2011 |
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Traces of cow’s methane emissions in the milk
Wageningen University researchers in the Netherlands are able to determine cows' methane emissions using the composition of fatty acids in their milk. This opens up the prospect of a method for reducing methane production ...
May 27, 2011 |
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