Tag: global warming
group name: earthhour
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March 06, 2008 06:27 AM EST --
The Stop Global Warming Virtual March is an initiative to promote awareness about global warming. It has attracted over one million people who declare that global warming is here . . . more
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March 03, 2008 10:11 PM EST --
Damon Matthews , from Concordia University in Canada, and Ken Caldeira , from the Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, USA, used a global climate model to study the impact of reductions of greenhouse . . . more
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March 27, 2008 01:18 PM EDT --
A huge ice shelf, measuring 5,282 square miles (13,680 square kilometers), has begun to collapse because of rapid climate change on Antarctica. The Wilkins Ice Shelf is a broad plate of permanent floating . . . more
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August 01, 2008 09:07 PM EDT --
Two studies published in the July 31 issue of Science help open the door to the hydrogen economy by eliminating the need for platinum in electrolyzers and fuel cells.
Hydrogen can be produced . . . more
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April 16, 2008 06:20 AM EDT --
After publication of Ten Dangers of Global Warming , now more than a year ago, some said that the article was 'alarmist' and had 'dramatized' the impact of global warming. After the Intergovernmental . . . more
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May 15, 2008 03:46 AM EDT --
The US government has listed polar bears as a threatened species, as Arctic sea ice shows dramatic reductions. On Wednesday, US Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne referred to the Endangered Species Act . . . more
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February 29, 2008 04:05 AM EST --
Lights consume about 2 trillion kilowatt-hours annually, or one-eighth of all electric power. Globally, lighting is equal in emission contribution to about 70% of the world's passenger vehicles. Of . . . more
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April 29, 2008 12:08 AM EDT --
Why action needs to be taken
It has been known for decades that global warming is a problem. Over time, it has become increasingly clear that greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced to avoid catastrophe. . . . more
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February 18, 2008 09:14 PM EST --
I've shared many a morning cup of coffee with Will Steger as he reported back from Baffin Island last spring. From the comfort of my living room, I've seen wind blast his team's tents with . . . more
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February 22, 2008 02:12 AM EST --
The image on the right shows the Anderson Mill, in Travis County, Texas, which was built in the 1850s as a corn mill. Since ancient times, waterwheels and wind mills have been used to grind grain to produce . . . more
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April 10, 2008 08:37 AM EDT --
Black carbon has a warming effect in the atmosphere three to four times greater than prevailing estimates, according to a review study in the journal Nature Geoscience .
According to the study, . . . more
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May 17, 2008 10:12 AM EDT --
World biodiversity has declined by almost one third in the past 35 years due mainly to habitat loss and the wildlife trade, according to a Reuters report on the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), and . . . more
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February 25, 2008 07:21 PM EST --
"Man your computers - GlobalWarming101.com might give you a last glimpse of a dying polar world."
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February 10, 2008 02:02 PM EST --
Several years ago when so many people living in this academic area were buying up Biofuel stock and promoting the glories of this alternative energy I balked. I had done extensive research regarding . . . more
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March 06, 2008 01:08 AM EST --
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) just released its latest report on climate change, called OECD Environmental Outlook to 2030
The report projects that world gross . . . more
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June 09, 2008 05:46 AM EDT --
The Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act was defeated in the Senate last Friday. As CNN reports , President Bush said he would have vetoed the Senate bill anyway. So, it looks like major action on . . . more
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April 24, 2008 01:32 AM EDT --
In discussions about global warming, many are reluctant to make 'the first move'. The coal industry points at figures by the Energy Information Administration (EIA), showing that coal accounted . . . more
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July 02, 2008 02:13 AM EDT --
Originally blogged here .
PINEDALE, WYO. — As reported by the L.A. Times, Federal land managers are recommending companies be allowed to drill almost 4,400 new natural gas wells in western . . . more
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February 13, 2008 12:11 AM EST --
Air Products' Advanced Oxyfuel Process for CO2 Capture
James K. Bashkin, © 2008 from my blog .
It is nice to see that Air Products has discovered a way of removing mercury . . . more
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May 11, 2008 02:03 PM EDT --
Originally published here on my environmental blog .
May 11, 2008 in education , environment , science , science and society , sustainability with 0 Comments
Michelle Bennett of . . . more
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