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Intensive Land Management Leaves Europe Without Carbon Sinks
A new calculation of
Europe's greenhouse gas
balance shows that emissions
of methane and nitrous oxide
tip the balance and
... > full story
Fossil Fuel Carbon Dioxide Emissions Up by 29 Percent Since 2000
The strongest evidence yet
that the rise in atmospheric
carbon dioxide emissions
continues to outstrip the
ability of the world's
... > full story
Glimpsing a Greener Future: Computer Model Foresees Effects of Alternative Transportation Fuels
It's the year 2060, and 75
percent of drivers in the
Greater Los Angeles area
have hydrogen fuel cell
vehicles that emit only
... > full story
Alternative Animal Feed Part of Global Fisheries Crisis Fix
Finding alternative feed
sources for chickens, pigs
and other farm animals will
significantly reduce
pressure on the world's
dwindling fisheries while
... > full story
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Climate Change Could Boost Incidence of Civil War in Africa
November 24, 2009 — Using historical data on the relationship between temperature and conflict in Africa, researchers have estimated the effect of rising temperatures due to global warming. They concluded that the ... > full story -
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How Green Is Your House?
November 23, 2009 — Seventy percent of U.K. households always separate their rubbish for recycling, but only 2 percent buy their energy on a green tariff, according to the early findings of a major new annual household ... > full story -
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Emissions Increase Despite Financial Crisis
November 22, 2009 — Fossil carbon dioxide emissions increased by 40 percent from 1990 to 2008, according to new findings. Coal has bypassed oil as the largest source of CO2 ... > full story -
Scientists Argue for a New Type of Climate Target
November 20, 2009 — In order to avoid dangerous consequences for the earth’s ecosystems, global emissions must peak around 2015, and they need to be cut by half between the peak and 2030, according to new ... > full story -
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Helping India to Promote Energy Efficiency
November 18, 2009 — India may rank only a distant fourth in terms of carbon dioxide emissions, behind China, the United States and Russia, but its rapid economic growth rate coupled with aging and inefficient energy ... > full story -
New Water Management Tool May Help Ease Effects of Drought
November 17, 2009 — Continued improvement of climate forecasts is resulting in better information about what rainfall may look like months in advance. A researcher has now developed an innovative water management ... > full story -
New Climate Treaty Could Put Species at Risk, Scientists Argue
November 16, 2009 — Plans to be discussed at the forthcoming UN climate conference in Copenhagen to cut deforestation in developing countries could save some species from extinction but inadvertently increase the risk ... > full story -
Penguins and Sea Lions Help Produce New Atlas
November 16, 2009 — Recording hundreds of thousands of individual uplinks from satellite transmitters fitted on penguins, albatrosses, sea lions, and other marine animals, the Wildlife Conservation Society and BirdLife ... > full story -
Health Care Accounts for Eight Percent of US Carbon Footprint, Calculation Finds
November 13, 2009 — The American health-care sector accounts for 8 percent of the country's carbon dioxide emissions, according to a first-of-its-kind calculation of health care's carbon footprint. Researchers used ... > full story -
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Rich Countries 'Should Pay' To Transfer Low Carbon Technology
November 13, 2009 — With the countdown to the climate change summit in Copenhagen underway, a new article says that rich countries need to pay the full incremental cost of low carbon technology for developing countries ... > full story
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