Low-tech ways of improving soil quality on farms and rangelands worldwide could pull significant amounts of carbon out of the atmosphere and slow the pace of climate change, according to a new University of California, Berkeley, ...
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Aug 29, 2018
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Trying to tackle climate change by replacing forests with crops for bioenergy power stations that capture carbon dioxide (CO2) could instead increase the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere, scientists say.
Environment
Aug 7, 2018
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Forests have long served as a critical carbon sink, consuming about a quarter of the carbon dioxide pollution produced by humans worldwide. But decades of fire suppression, warming temperatures and drought have increased ...
Environment
Jul 9, 2018
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A new study based on evidence from past warm periods suggests global warming may be double what is forecast.
Earth Sciences
Jul 5, 2018
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To halt climate change in this century, heavy-duty infrastructure undergirding the world's major economies must be redesigned – starting now – to ensure no increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. According to a ...
Environment
Jun 29, 2018
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Carbon dioxide emissions from human activities must approach zero within several decades to avoid risking grave damage from the effects of climate change. This will require creativity and innovation, because some types of ...
Environment
Jun 28, 2018
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Members of the UN International Maritime Organisation on Friday struck a deal to halve carbon dioxide emissions from shipping by 2050 in a deal that will force the industry to redesign fleets.
Environment
Apr 13, 2018
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Researchers at the Energy Safety Research Institute (ESRI) at Swansea University have found a way of converting waste carbon dioxide into a molecule that forms the basis of making plastics. The potential of using global ethylene ...
Materials Science
Apr 11, 2018
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The UK cut its emissions from electricity production by 25% in 2016, using a strategy many countries could adopt to quickly lower carbon emissions.
Environment
Mar 26, 2018
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A paper published this week in the journal Limnology and Oceanography Letters is the first to show that lake size and nutrients drive how much greenhouse gases are emitted globally from lakes into the atmosphere.
Environment
Mar 26, 2018
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