Tag: climate change
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Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Levels Reach Record High of 400ppm
TCKTCKTCK — Scientists are particularly alarmed at the fast-pace of rising emissions levels. Some of them have expressed hope that this moment could provide leaders with a much-needed wake-up call …
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Improve Your World: No Fracking, Yes Renewable Energy
SANDRA STEINGRABER — Well, then, what if we divorced the fossil fuel industry, and, over the next two decades, transitioned entirely to wind, water and solar energy while, at the same time, reducing our per capita energy consumption by half. Would that work? In fact …
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Fugitive Methane Emissions: The Climate Implications of U.S. Shale Gas Exports
WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE — In addition to habitat disruption and impacts on local air and water quality, one of the most significant implications of natural gas production is fugitive methane emissions …
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No-Win Situation for Agricultural Expansion in Amazon
Published today, 10 May, in IOP Publishing’s journal Environmental Research Letters, it shows that deforestation will not only reduce the capacity of the Amazon’s natural carbon sink, but will also inflict climate feedbacks that will decrease the productivity of pasture and soybeans.
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Scientists Warn of Emerging Impacts from Arctic Ocean Acidification
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND — The Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme, which commissioned the research, said in a press release that the Arctic Ocean “is rapidly accumulating carbon dioxide leading to increased ocean acidification …