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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
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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
Penguins and Sea Lions Help Produce New Atlas
Recording hundreds of
thousands of individual
uplinks from satellite
transmitters fitted on
penguins, albatrosses, sea
lions, and other marine
animals, the Wildlife
... > 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 -
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 -
Reducing Greenhouse Gases May Not Be Enough To Slow Climate Change
November 11, 2009 — Because land use changes are responsible for 50 percent of warming in the US, policymakers need to address the influence of global deforestation and urbanization on climate change, in addition to ... > full story -
Controversial New Climate Change Data: Is Earth's Capacity to Absorb CO2 Much Greater Than Expected?
November 11, 2009 — 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 CO2 having risen from ... > full story -
Climate Studies To Benefit From 12 Years Of Satellite Aerosol Data
November 10, 2009 — Aerosols, very small particles suspended in the air, play an important role in the global climate balance and in regulating climate change. They are one of the greatest sources of uncertainty in ... > full story -
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Emissions Increase Despite Financial Crisis
November 9, 2009 — Fossil CO2 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 -
Innovative Plan To Save Rainforest, Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
November 5, 2009 — An innovative proposal by the Ecuadorian government to protect an untouched, oil rich region of Amazon rainforest is a precedent-setting and potentially economically viable approach, says a team of ... > full story
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