The Top Ten Greenhouse Gases
Despite all the talk about carbon capture, carbon footprints and carbon trading, carbon dioxide only causes nine to 26 percent of the greenhouse effect. That means that the majority of warming results...
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California's Emissons Rules Become National Standard
President Obama and California Governor Arnold SchwarzeneggerPete Souza/Official Whitehouse PhotoThe Obama administration is expected to announce that California's strictest-in-the-nation gas mileage...
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House Passes Landmark Greenhouse Gas Bill
Capitol BuildingNow that every scientist who isn't part of the lunatic fringe agrees that human greenhouse gas emissions significantly alter the world's climate, the debate on Capitol Hill has shifted...
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So Much For "Hopenhagen"
It's ComplicatedPete Souza/Whitehouse FlickrPresident Obama tours an alternative energy research lab at MIT last month.Over the weekend President Obama and other world leaders broke the news: No...
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MIT Redesigns Natural Gas Power Plant For Near-Zero Carbon Emissions
With the conference in Copenhagen swiftly approaching, and the Senate analog to the Waxman-Markey "American Clean Energy and Security Act" struggling towards the floor, little doubt remains that fossil...
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New Climate Models Predict Hurricane Seasons Years in Advance
Hurricane TomasNASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFCThis November 5 pic from the NASA Earth Observatory captures Hurricane Tomas weakening as it passes between Cuba and...
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Scientists Observe Temperatures Warming In Response To Increased Carbon Dioxide
Research Station AlaskaJonathan GeroOne of the stations in Alaska where instruments observed carbon dioxide affecting the global temperatureGreenhouse gas emissions, particularly those from carbon...
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Scientists Can Now Tell Where A Puff Of Methane Originated
Methane Warning SignJeremy Buckingham/Flickr/CC by 2.0Carbon dioxide emissions make the big headlines in climate change news, and with good reason--we've now seen the impact of carbon dioxide on global...
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California Plans To Drastically Cut Carbon Emissions By 2030
Sun and SmogMitch Barrie/FlickrCC by SA 2.0Los Angeles SkylineLess than a month ago California's Governor, Jerry Brown, announced mandatory water restrictions for his drought-plagued state. Now, he's...
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Average Level Of Carbon Dioxide In The Atmosphere Hits Record High
SmokestackSeñor CodoCC by SA 2.0The global average of carbon dioxide in the air just reached a new high of 400 parts per million (ppm), which is a new low for us humans.Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a potent...
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Warming Oceans May Be Spewing Methane Off West Coast
Methane plumesMethane plumes off the Washington and Oregon coasts are worrying scientists. This plume is approximately 1099 feet (335 meters) tall.Brendan Philip/University of WashingtonWe know that...
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Watch NASA Test A Rocket Engine That Could Fuel Up On Other Planets
Methane ThrusterThe blue color of the flame is due to the combustion of methane, which typically burns blue .NASA/MSFC/David OliveMethane is a potent greenhouse gas that we're all very worried about...
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Methane Leak Doubled Los Angeles Emissions
Environment A bad blowout As greenhouse gases go, carbon dioxide might get all the attention, but methane is the quiet powerhouse, waiting in the wings.
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10 Environmental Wins To Celebrate This Earth Day
Environment It's not all bad news Turtles And Tigers And Teddy Bears, Oh My!
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This Earth Day, Cut Down On Your Food Waste
Environment Waste not, want not—and don't destroy the planet On this Earth Day, the Environmental Protection Agency is training its attention heavily to wasted food, in part to promote its initiative...
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10 Environmental Losses To Start Fixing This Earth Day
Environment Sometimes the news is bad Better get cracking.
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Antarctica’s Carbon Dioxide Levels Have Reached A Troubling New Record
Environment They are now at 400ppm, for the first time in human history A new announcement from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released Wednesday reveals a new benchmark that...
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Cutting Black Carbon Could Save Us
Environment But it won't save the ice caps Greenhouse gas gets all the attention. Most agree it is the main cause of our warming planet. But scientists say black carbon, or soot—which comes from...
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Yes, 50 million years ago the earth was hotter. Here's why climate change is...
Environment We've got 99 problems and CO2 is number one A combination of more CO2 and a hotter sun means the Earth is in for unprecedented warming—and humans are along for the ride. Read on:…
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Methane Leak Doubled Los Angeles Emissions
Environment A bad blowout As greenhouse gases go, carbon dioxide might get all the attention, but methane is the quiet powerhouse, waiting in the wings. As greenhouse gases go, carbon dioxide might...
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