While burning coal today causes Earth to overheat, about 300 million years ago, the formation of coal brought the planet close to global glaciation. For the first time, scientists show the massive effect in a study to be ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 9, 2017
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The question seems simple enough: What happens to the Earth's temperature when atmospheric carbon dioxide levels increase? The answer is elusive. However, clues are hidden in the fossil record. A new study by researchers ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 5, 2011
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Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration was the major driver behind the global climatic shifts that occurred between 53 and 34 million years ago, according to new research led by the University of Southampton.
Earth Sciences
Apr 25, 2016
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Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere will this year reach levels 50 percent higher than before the industrial revolution because of manmade emissions, Britain's Met Office predicted on Friday.
Environment
Jan 8, 2021
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The relationship between atmospheric CO2 levels and climate change is often perceived as a controversial subject. While there's no real disagreement among climate scientists—around 90% fully agree that human activity is ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 3, 2019
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Seawater in a vast and deep section of the northeastern Pacific Ocean shows signs of increased acidity brought on by manmade carbon dioxide in the atmosphere -- a phenomenon that carries with it far-reaching ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 20, 2010
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While the entire world focuses on achieving carbon neutrality—zero carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions—new research shows climate change in some regions is inevitable even if the already increased CO2 level is reduced. As ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 22, 2021
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Computer simulations conducted at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) could help scientists make sense of a recently observed and puzzling wrinkle in one of nature's most important ...
Condensed Matter
Aug 22, 2013
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Scientists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and China University of Petroleum (Beijing) have demonstrated that CO2 may make a better hydraulic fracturing (fracking) fluid than water. Their research, published May 30 in ...
Materials Science
May 30, 2019
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New evidence showing the level of atmospheric CO2 millions of years ago supports recent climate change predications from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Earth Sciences
Feb 4, 2015
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