Half of greenhouse gases 'emitted by five nations'
More than half of all carbon pollution released into the atmosphere comes from five countries, according to a national ranking of greenhouse gas emissions released Thursday.
More than half of all carbon pollution released into the atmosphere comes from five countries, according to a national ranking of greenhouse gas emissions released Thursday.
Environment
Dec 1, 2011
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Higher levels of air pollution reduced the frequency of North Atlantic hurricanes and other tropical storms for most of the 20th century, a study said Sunday.
Earth Sciences
Jun 23, 2013
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Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from fossil fuels and industry are projected to rise more than 2% (range 1.8% to 3.7%) in 2018, taking global fossil CO₂ emissions to a new record high of 37.1 billion tonnes.
Environment
Dec 6, 2018
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A sponge-like plastic that sops up the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) might ease our transition away from polluting fossil fuels and toward new energy sources, such as hydrogen. The material—a relative of the plastics ...
Materials Science
Aug 10, 2014
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In a world-first, Monash University scientists have developed a new, environmentally friendly process that could drive the future production of green ammonia.
Materials Science
Jun 10, 2021
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The race toward net-zero emissions depends heavily on lithium—to power electric vehicles, to store wind and solar power.
Environment
Jan 19, 2023
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By controlling emissions of fossil fuels we may be able to greatly delay the start of the next ice age, new research from the Niels Bohr Institute at University of Copenhagen concludes. The results have been published in ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 11, 2009
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Coral bleaching on Australia's Great Barrier Reef is worse than first thought and the impact will accelerate unless global greenhouse gas emissions are cut, scientists said Monday.
Environment
May 29, 2017
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Any plausible game plan for capping the rise of Earth's surface temperature depends on replacing fossil fuels with energy sources that generate little or no carbon pollution.
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 1, 2015
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Automakers are looking for ways to improve their fleets' average fuel efficiency, and scientists may have a new way to help them. In a report in the journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, one team reports the development ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 22, 2015
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