The Tällberg Foundation in Sweden have placed advertisements in three major international newspapers calling for international climate negotiations to focus on reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations to...
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" Aston Martin: Emission Clouds Looming By The Anglo American | May 7, 2008 Aston Martin CEO Overlooks Full Environmental Impact "it is not that Aston owners hardly use their cars, but they...
There are mundane things we do when we would not think that we pollute.I did not realize until now that these black lines on my writing paper carried carbon dioxide.Swedish paper producer, Stora Senso, now offers a solution that allows us to write, not pollute.
For once bronze is better than silver or gold, but it would be nice if we didn't medal at all."OTTAWA -- Gas-guzzling vehicles are one of the key factors behind the notorious environmental record of Canadians who are...
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Butterfly effect? It seems incomprehensible that a tiny beetle the size of a grain of rice can cause the earth's warming. That's just the way it is I suppose. "Pine beetles that have already destroyed huge swathes of Canadian forest are on pace to release 270...
For the first time (I think), a group of oceanographers have written a letter to one of the top tier science research journals, Nature, warning against the use of ocean iron fertilization experiments to as a way to...
The delay in autumnal leaf coloration and leaf fall in trees is caused by rising levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere and not by increased global temperatures, suggests a new study by researchers at the...
Although the United States has never agreed to implementing any large-scale reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, individual states have begun to take charge.Take California's "Numero Uno" for example. Arnie might...
We propose a way to stimulate the Earth's capacity to cure itself, as an emergency treatment for the pathology of global warming.So reads a recent letter to Nature from James Lovelock, of Gaia hypothesis fame, and...
I only fly twice a year, and even then I feel guilty about the pollution. I've been interested in carbon offsets, but still am not sure in the value of them. This article lists some good things to consider before purchasing them. It sounds like the jury is still...
Here's a good rebuttal for anyone still running into the C02 - They Call It Pollution, We Call It Life crowd.A favorite argument of global warming deniers is that the carbon dioxide causing global warming is...
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After last weeks story about drunk astronauts and alchol abuse at NASA, the NewScientist came out with an article today on the history of alchol in space:"After allegations that astronauts flew drunk, NASA's rules on...
Three individuals from Wales came up with a simple but brilliant idea to reduce the carbon emissions of today's motor vehicles - they've invented a device called the "green box" that could replace your cars...
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A paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science this week investigated the potential of "geoengineering", or the modification of Earth by Humankind to prevent global disaster, as a mitigation...
Click Here For Update Over the past year, geoengineering (the modification of the Earth to protect Humankind from distaster) as a potential mitigation strategy for climate change has snowballed. It is grounded in the...