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Main Climate Threat from CO2 Sources Yet to Be Built

By Guest PostSeptember 10, 20102 commentsEnvironmentcarbon dioxide, carbon-free technologies, carnegie institution for science, clean energy, climate change, coal-fired power plant, damon matthews, emissions, energy-efficient, ken caldeira, steven davis

Stanford, CA — Scientists have warned that avoiding dangerous climate change this century will require steep cuts in carbon dioxide emissions. New energy-efficient or carbon-free technologies can help, but what about the power plants, cars, trucks, and other fossil-fuel-burning devices already in operation? Unless forced into early retirement, they will emit carbon dioxide into the atmosphere for decades to come. Will their emissions push carbon dioxide levels beyond prescribed limits, regardless of what we build next? Is there already too much inertia in the system to curb climate change?

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Carbon Mapping Breakthrough

By Guest PostSeptember 8, 2010Environmentairborne-laser technology, amazon forest, amazonia, carbon stocks, carbon storage, carnegie institution, emissions, forest degradation, geology, global ecology, greg asner, lidar system, madre de dios, minam, peru, peruvian amazon, peruvian ministry of the environment, red, reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation, satellite mapping, vegetation types, world wildlife fund

Palo Alto, CA — By integrating satellite mapping, airborne-laser technology, and ground-based plot surveys, scientists from the Carnegie Institution’s Department of Global Ecology, with colleagues from the World Wildlife Fund and in coordination with the Peruvian Ministry of the Environment (MINAM), have revealed the first high-resolution maps of carbon locked up in tropical forest vegetation and emitted by land-use practices.

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Texas Petrochemical Emissions Down, but Still Underestimated

By Guest PostAugust 12, 20104 commentsEnvironmentagricultural crops, bill dube, cires, climate research, emissions, environmental sciences, joost de gouw, modeling program, noaa, ozone, petrochemical-producing, petroleum products, pollution, texas air quality, texas commission on environmental quality, washenfelder, wd-p3 aircraft, yellow haze

WASHINGTON — A thick blanket of yellow haze hovering over Houston as a result of chemical pollution from petroleum products may be getting a little bit thinner, according to a new study. But the new findings — which have implications for petrochemical-producing cities around the world — come with a catch, says a team of scientists who participated in the research.

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Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change: The Cows Did It!!

By PravdaJuly 21, 20101 commentCulture, Healthbeatle, british, emissions, greenhouse gas, gwyneth paltrow, jamie oliver, linda, lisa karpova, livestock industry, mary, meat dishes, michael jackson, natalie portamar, observer, paul mccartney, pravda, stella, sunday, un report, vegetarian diet, worldwide

*Paul McCartney and Daughters Publish Booklet for Vegetarian Newspaper – -Newspaper speaks of the campaign promoted by the former Beatle in order to avoid eating meat on Mondays.*

Paul McCartney and daughters, Mary and Stella, are helping to publish a special supplement of a healthy and very tasty vegetarian diet of foods published by the British Sunday newspaper “The Observer.”

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Global Model Confirms: Cool Roofs Can Offset Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Mitigate Global Warming

By Guest PostJuly 20, 20101 commentEnvironment, Scienceberkeley lab, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, climate change, cool roof, cool the world, curb, doe, emissions, evaporation, goddard space flight center, hashem akbari, keith oleson, light-colored rooftops, model, NASA, ncar, radiation, steven chu, surabi menon, Technology, temperature, topography, urban heat

Can light-colored rooftops and roads really curb carbon emissions and combat global climate change?

The idea has been around for years, but now, a new study by researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory that is the first to use a global model to study the question has found that implementing cool roofs and cool pavements in cities around the world can not only help cities stay cooler, they can also cool the world, with the potential of canceling the heating effect of up to two years of worldwide carbon dioxide emissions.

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Man-made Global Warming Started With Ancient Hunters

By Guest PostJuly 2, 2010Environment, Scienceadam wolf, agriculture, agu, alaska, american geophysical union, Anthropocene, asia, beringia, betula, birch trees, california, carnegie institution, carnegie institution for science, chris doughty, chris field, climate, ecology, elephants, emissions, geological age, geophysical research letters, global warming, grassland, greenhouse gas, impact on climate, mammoths, NASA, North America, prehistoric farmers, russia, science in Stanford, Siberia, yukon territory

WASHINGTON — Even before the dawn of agriculture, people may have caused the planet to warm up, a new study suggests.

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Tag Archives: emissions

Main Climate Threat from CO2 Sources Yet to Be Built

Carbon Mapping Breakthrough

Texas Petrochemical Emissions Down, but Still Underestimated

Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change: The Cows Did It!!

Global Model Confirms: Cool Roofs Can Offset Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Mitigate Global Warming

Man-made Global Warming Started With Ancient Hunters