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Tag: greenhouse gas
What are greenhouse gases and why we need to worry about them? A simple explainer
They are in the atmosphere and have an influence on the energy balance of the planet
More than 11,000 scientists foresee “untold suffering” due to climate emergency
We need to act now, urges a collective of experts.
252 million years ago, climate change nearly wiped out life on Earth; something similar is happening today
If this sounds a bit alarming... it should.
Atmospheric greenhouse gas levels hit new record. Just like in 2017… and 2016
We're really good at setting bad standards.
Scientists show how a mineral could be used to suck CO2 from the atmosphere
This could be big.
A seaweed could help us curb greenhouse gas emissions – if we feed it to cows
It can make a big difference.
Greenhouse gas concentrations reach new record
The world enters uncharted territory in terms of greenhouse gas emissions, as concentrations reach record levels, the World Meteorological Organization ...
Carbon emissions threaten to destroy pink salmon population
The effects of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are great and long reaching - a new study has found that pink ...
Massive Methane Hotspot Over the US Might Signal Bigger Problems to Come
A "massive methane hotspot" sounds pretty bad... and bad it is - much worse than previously thought. In 2014, NASA ...
Peruvian farmer forced to relocate because of climate change now demands compensation from German company
Saul Luciano Lliuya is a farmer from Peru whose home in the floodpath of the Palcacocha lake which has been ...
Ocean Acidification Threatens to Destroy Shellfish Populations
Mollusks such as oysters, clams and scallops are highly vulnerable to the increasing acidification of the world's oceans. A new ...
Washing soda could be used to capture CO2 fired by power plants
Lawrence Livermore scientists have devised tiny capsules made up of a highly permeable polymer shell and a sodium carbonate solution ...
Abandoned wells can be ‘super-emitters’ of greenhouse gas
Princeton University researchers have uncovered a previously unknown and potentially substantial source of methane emissions: abandoned oil and gas wells. ...
NASA confirms there’s a huge cloud of methane over southwest US
A cloud of methane gas about the size of Delaware was detected over the Four Corners area of the American southwest ...
‘Widespread methane leakage’ from ocean floor off US coast
A sonar image of a new methane plume discovered off the US east coast. A worrying ...
Leaking natural gas may be a significant contributor to global warming
Natural gas leakage in the LA basin area from oil drilling and piping loses could be ...
Man-made greenhouse gas is 7,100 times worse than CO2
Chemists at University of Toronto report a new greenhouse gas has been added to the roster - perfluorotributylamine, or PFTBA. Like ...
Almost unanimous: climate change 95% caused by man, according to U.N.
From left, Lena Ek, Ministry of the Environment of Sweden, Prof. Thomas Stocker, IPCC working group ...
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