Tag: climate change
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Billionaire Climate Activist’s Open Letter to President Obama
On June 20, in Washington D.C. we will announce a campaign that will specifically focus on communicating to those Americans across the country who supported your re-election in 2012.
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National Survey: Nearly 90% Of Americans Say Government Should Act On Global Warming, Push Ahead On Clean Energy
Thanks goes to Andrew at CleanTechnica for this story concerning global warming and climate change.
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Long-Term Trends on Global Warming: Fact Verses Fiction
This post comes from Sustainablog.org. Long-Term Trends of Global Warming: Fact vs. Fiction (via sustainablog) The debate on global warming has been going on for over 25 years now. It is without doubt a hotbed topic for both environmentally conscious and business interests that (currently) freely emit carbon . The rhetoric being thrown back and…
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Elevated Carbon Dioxide Making Arid Regions Greener
Focusing on the southwestern corner of North America, Australia’s outback, the Middle East, and some parts of Africa, Randall Donohue of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) in Canberra, Australia and his colleagues developed and applied a mathematical model to predict the extent of the carbon-dioxide (CO2) fertilization effect. They then tested this…
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Microplastic Pollution Now Prevalent in Lakes
EPFL researchers have detected microplastic pollution in one of Western Europe’s largest lakes, Lake Geneva, in large enough quantities to raise concern. While studies in the ocean have shown that these small bits of plastic can be harmful to fish and birds that feed on plankton or other small waterborne organisms, the full extent of…