Archive for ‘Science’
Global Warming Study: ‘When It Rains It Pours’
December 4th, 2007
An environmental group released its findings Tuesday on the effects of global warming at the State Capitol.
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Carbon dioxide levels reach new high
November 23rd, 2007
Global concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere reached their highest levels ever recorded in 2006, according to the latest Greenhouse Gas Bulletin published Friday by the UN weather agency, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
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Iron is a tonic for climate-saving plankton
November 19th, 2007
From the deck of the research ship Weatherbird II, a California company hopes to prove a controversial theory that putting iron dust in the ocean can produce enough plankton to help save the Earth.
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Scientists strive for pinpoint warming forecasts
November 12th, 2007
Moving on from the risk of global warming, scientists are now looking for ways to pinpoint the areas set to be affected by climate change, to help countries plan everything from new crops to hydropower dams.
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Off The Beaten Path: Learning From Iron Mountain
November 9th, 2007
If we end up in the future driving cars powered by hydrogen, it may be thanks to bacteria. And I say some toxic bacteria in Shasta County are teaching scientists some important lessons.
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2030 global CO2 emissions expected to surge 56% over 2005 level
November 7th, 2007
Global carbon dioxide emissions in 2030 will likely be 56 percent higher than in 2005 due chiefly to burgeoning CO2 emissions from China and India, the International Energy Agency said in an annual report Wednesday.
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Caribbean urged to face warming risks
October 23rd, 2007
The Caribbean tourism industry, the lifeblood for many island economies, needs to brace itself for stronger hurricanes, more frequent droughts and rising sea levels resulting from global warming, scientists said Monday. The Caribbean, where more than half the population lives within a mile of the coast, faces some of the greatest risks from climate change, according to the expert …
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Carbon dioxide in atmosphere increasing
October 23rd, 2007
Just days after the Nobel prize was awarded for global warming work, an alarming new study finds that carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is increasing faster than expected. Carbon dioxide emissions were 35 percent higher in 2006 than in 1990, a much faster growth rate than anticipated, researchers led by Josep G. Canadell, of Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial …
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Carbon dioxide levels up faster than thought-study
October 22nd, 2007
Humans are pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere at an increasingly quicker pace while natural reservoirs such as oceans and trees are soaking up less and less of the greenhouse gas, researchers said on Monday. Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have grown 35 percent faster than expected since 2000 due to increased greenhouse gas emissions in rapidly developing …
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Scientists see coal as key challenge
October 22nd, 2007
The proliferation of coal-burning power plants around the world may pose “the single greatest challenge” to averting dangerous climate change, an international panel of scientists reported Monday.
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CNN takes stock of a ‘Planet in Peril’
October 21st, 2007
’s a tough world, all right. Too bad it’s not tougher. Right now Earth is looking pretty fragile as it suffers from increasing human punishment. This isn’t really news, of course. But CNN has packed the two-night, four-hour “Planet in Peril” with information and images that give a familiar story new urgency.
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