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EPA finds greenhouse gases pose a danger to health »
Posted by: Eagle_Eye 7 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
WASHINGTON – The EPA on Friday declared that carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases sent off by cars and many industrial plants "endanger public health ...
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Researchers Build Machine That Turns CO2 Into Fuel | Inhabitat »
Posted by: Fi5herman 1 day, 18 hours ago in Science & Technology
Imagine a machine that could suck carbon dioxide right out of the air and magically transform it into a usable product. It may seem like ...
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Green Promise Seen in Switch to LED Lighting »
Posted by: engineer 6 months ago in News
Studies suggest that a complete conversion to the lights could decrease carbon dioxide emissions from electric power use for lighting by up to 50 percent ...
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China Unveils Emissions Targets Ahead Of Copenhagen »
Posted by: Mikunited 1 day, 2 hours ago in News
China unveils its first firm target for limiting greenhouse gas emissions, two weeks before the Copenhagen climate summit.
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Pollution controls caused Arctic ice melt: NASA »
Posted by: pc25 7 months, 2 weeks ago in News
People have blamed the retreat of ice in the Arctic on carbon-dioxide driven global warming. However, new research at NASA suggests that environmental intervention in ...
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Catastrophic Climate Future: Are We That Stupid? »
Posted by: Progressive 7 months ago in Science & Technology
Most of us have heard the predictions: the meltdown of Arctic sea ice and mountain-top glaciers; extinction of species ranging from polar bears to coral ...
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Refitted to Bury Emissions, Plant Draws Attention »
Posted by: engineer 2 months ago in Science & Technology
Poking out of the ground near the smokestacks of the Mountaineer power plant here are two wells that look much like those that draw natural ...
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Ocean Acidification May Contribute To Global Shellfish Decline »
Posted by: myfairlady 1 month ago in Science & Technology
Relatively minor increases in ocean acidity brought about by high levels of carbon dioxide have significant detrimental effects on the growth, development, and survival of ...
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Oceanography: Low Summer Iron Availability Limits Biological Production In The High-latitude North Atlantic »
Posted by: Klarissa 4 months ago in News
Scientists have demonstrated an unexpected role of iron in regulating biological production in the high-latitude North Atlantic.
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BBC NEWS | Science&Environment | Honeybee mobs overpower hornets »
Posted by: gbudavid 4 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Bees smother hornets in a "bee ball" that kills the giant predators with heat and carbon dioxide.
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Scheme to Curb Global Warming Could Backfire »
Posted by: myfairlady 8 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
One proposed plan to save the planet from global warming — by injecting particles to intercept the sun's light — would have the unintended, and ironic ...
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Researchers find way to make nearly carbon-free rice husk ash for concrete »
Posted by: Eagle_Eye 4 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
A new way of processing rice husks for use in concrete could lead to a boom in green construction.
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Is Earth's Capacity To Absorb CO2 Much Greater Than Expected? »
Posted by: myfairlady 2 weeks, 2 days ago in Science & Technology
New data show that the balance between the airborne and the absorbed fraction of carbon dioxide has stayed approximately constant since 1850, despite emissions of ...
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Does Soda Taste Different in a Bottle Than a Can? »
Posted by: ZagatBuzz 4 months ago in News
As the summer heat drags on, we wonder why soda or beer from a can tastes so much fizzier than the stuff that comes out ...
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Ozone, Nitrogen Change The Way Rising Carbon Dioxide Affects Earth's Water »
Posted by: myfairlady 4 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
hrough a recent modeling experiment, a team of NASA-funded researchers have found that future concentrations of carbon dioxide and ozone in the atmosphere and of ...
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