Rising temperatures due to our greenhouse gas emissions can cause greater damages to our economies than previous research suggested, a new study shows. Scientists from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) ...
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Aug 19, 2020
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The Paris Agreement of 2015 set a goal of reducing CO2 emissions, a greenhouse gas that has caused global warming to levels of less than 2°C more than before the Industrial Revolution. In order to achieve this goal, it is ...
Materials Science
Aug 7, 2020
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A team of Carnegie Mellon University researchers found that Pittsburgh's air pollution levels decreased during the stay-at-home order—but the overall impact remains small.
Environment
Jul 10, 2020
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After Australia, Siberia is burning, indicating that the frequency of such events is on the rise, with myriad dire consequences: devastated ecosystems, risk of desertification, CO2 emissions, toxic particles, further climate ...
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Jun 16, 2020
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New climate research has stated that urgent action on emissions from existing ships is the key to tackling shipping's impact on climate change.
Environment
Jun 11, 2020
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A KAIST research team presented three novel approaches for modulating local carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration in gas-diffusion electrode (GDE)-based flow electrolyzers. Their study also empirically demonstrated that providing ...
Materials Science
Jun 3, 2020
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Global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels are set to drop by up to seven percent in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, but even this dramatic decline—the sharpest since WWII—would barely dent longterm global warming, ...
Environment
May 19, 2020
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Nearly all the countries of the world ratified the Paris Agreement in 2016. The accord aims to limit the increase of the world's temperature to less than 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial temperatures. To do this, global ...
Environment
May 19, 2020
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Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in European cities has reduced by up to 75% due to the COVID-19 lockdown, with a 59% reduction in London, a new study has revealed.
Environment
May 19, 2020
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Professor Yutaka Amao of the Osaka City University Artificial Photosynthesis Research Center and Ryohei Sato, a 1st year Ph.D. student of the Graduate School of Science majoring in Physics and Chemistry, reveal that the catalyst ...
Materials Science
May 18, 2020
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