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(PhysOrg.com) -- A leading climate scientist has presented new research findings on the increasing potential for a 4 degrees Celsius rise in global temperatures if the current high emissions of greenhouse gases continue. http://www.physorg.com/news173368462.html Space & Earth Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:30:17 EST news173368462 (AP) -- Earth's temperature is likely to jump nearly 6 degrees between now and the end of the century even if every country cuts greenhouse gas emissions as proposed, according to a United Nations update. http://www.physorg.com/news173033068.html Space & Earth Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:50:03 EST news173033068 Greenhouse gas emissions have fallen thanks to the global downturn, handing the world a chance to move away from high-carbon growth, a report said Monday, citing an International Energy Agency study. http://www.physorg.com/news172744208.html Space & Earth Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:40:05 EST news172744208 (AP) -- Targeting more federal money to support the auto industry, the House on Wednesday approved an expansion of government-led research into making cars and trucks more fuel-efficient. http://www.physorg.com/news172317861.html Technology Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:20:05 EST news172317861 Australians have overtaken Americans as the world's biggest individual producers of carbon dioxide, which is blamed for global warming, a risk consultancy says. http://www.physorg.com/news171889925.html Space & Earth Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:13:18 EST news171889925 Arctic temperatures in the 1990s reached their warmest level of any decade in at least 2,000 years, new research indicates. The study, which incorporates geologic records and computer simulations, provides new evidence that the Arctic would be cooling if not for greenhouse gas emissions that are overpowering natural climate patterns. http://www.physorg.com/news171206871.html Space & Earth Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:28:28 EST news171206871 One way the United States could slash its electricity use, dependence on fossil fuels and emissions of heat-trapping gases is really quite simple: better light bulbs. http://www.physorg.com/news169404880.html Technology Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:30:01 EST news169404880 Customers want fresh food, which is neither unripe nor spoiled. A new system based on metal oxide sensors could check the safety and quality of foods reliably, quickly and economically -- such as how ripe that pineapple really is. http://www.physorg.com/news168525628.html Technology Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:50:03 EST news168525628 Current methods for estimating greenhouse gas emissions have limitations that make it difficult to monitor CO2 emissions and verify an international climate treaty, says a new National Research Council letter report to the administrator of NASA, Charles F. Bolden Jr. http://www.physorg.com/news168257855.html Space & Earth Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:30:01 EST news168257855 Scientists have recorded a decline in winter precipitation over the past 60 years in Spain, and they now forecast that precipitation will also decrease in spring and summer. A team from the Pyrenean Institute of Ecology (CSIC) has studied rainfall data from 1950 to 2006 and the climate projections for coming decades, showing that less rain will fall in future over the Iberian Peninsula. However, precipitation will continue to be more frequent in winter than in spring-summer. http://www.physorg.com/news167552453.html Space & Earth Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:40:02 EST news167552453 South Korea's Samsung Electronics Monday announced a 4.29 billion dollar plan to develop eco-friendly products and cut emissions from its manufacturing plants by 2013. http://www.physorg.com/news167279234.html Technology Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:50:02 EST news167279234 (PhysOrg.com) -- Biofuels derived from renewable sources can be produced in large quantities and address many problems related to fossil fuels, including greenhouse gas emissions, but only if they are made from certain sources, according to a new article by a team of scientists and policy experts that included several Princeton researchers. http://www.physorg.com/news166980610.html Space & Earth Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:40:01 EST news166980610 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new method for capturing significantly more heat from low-temperature geothermal resources holds promise for generating virtually pollution-free electrical energy. Scientists at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will determine if their innovative approach can safely and economically extract and convert heat from vast untapped geothermal resources. http://www.physorg.com/news166969295.html Technology Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:21:55 EST news166969295 New cars sold in California must include windshields that block or absorb the sun's rays beginning in 2012, the state's Air Resources Board recently ruled. http://www.physorg.com/news166089495.html Space & Earth Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:58:42 EST news166089495 A genetically modified strain of maize, banned in some EU countries, poses no risk to health or the environment, the European Food Safety Authority declared Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news165575297.html Medicine & Health Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:09:11 EST news165575297 New hull coatings being developed by the Office of Naval Research are showing promise in reducing the build-up of marine crustaceans - namely barnacles - on ships' hulls, optimizing vessel performance and dramatically reducing fuel costs. http://www.physorg.com/news163361728.html Chemistry Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:16:18 EST news163361728 Initial flight tests have found that jet fuel made partly of camelina, algae or other bio-feed stocks can reduce greenhouse gas emissions from airplanes by more than 50 percent, doesn't affect performance and presents no technical or safety problems, a top Boeing official said Thursday. http://www.physorg.com/news162754791.html Space & Earth Thu, 28 May 2009 18:40:13 EST news162754791 For one international community - the 165,000 strong Inuit community dispersed across the Arctic coastline in small, remote coastal settlements in Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Siberia - it is already too late to prevent some of the negative effects of climate change. http://www.physorg.com/news162707854.html Space & Earth Thu, 28 May 2009 05:38:18 EST news162707854 Asked to choose between lower gasoline prices and reduced greenhouse gas emissions from gasoline, 66 percent of Americans in a new online survey chose lower gas prices and the rest said that reducing the emissions that cause climate change was more important. http://www.physorg.com/news162672802.html Space & Earth Wed, 27 May 2009 19:54:07 EST news162672802 Global carbon dioxide emissions are set to rise 39 percent by 2030 as energy consumption surges in the developing world, notably in Asian giants China and India, the United States warned on Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news162671382.html Space & Earth Wed, 27 May 2009 19:30:03 EST news162671382 (AP) -- A global summit of business leaders urged governments to order steep and mandatory cuts in greenhouse gases Tuesday, favoring a cap-and-trade system instead of a tax to set a market price for carbon waste. http://www.physorg.com/news162548865.html Space & Earth Tue, 26 May 2009 09:28:06 EST news162548865 Domestic politics will not allow the United States to deepen it commitment for cutting carbon pollution over the next decade despite growing international pressure, Washington's top climate negotiator said Sunday. http://www.physorg.com/news162457392.html Space & Earth Mon, 25 May 2009 08:03:35 EST news162457392 (AP) -- Climate-change heavyweights U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon and Nobel prize winner Al Gore urged more than 500 business leaders on Sunday to lend their corporate muscle to reaching a global deal on reducing greenhouse gases. http://www.physorg.com/news162396831.html Space & Earth Sun, 24 May 2009 15:14:11 EST news162396831 Q. What will the rules do, exactly? http://www.physorg.com/news161960340.html Space & Earth Tue, 19 May 2009 13:59:36 EST news161960340 Starting in 2012, U.S. cars and trucks will have stricter fuel emissions standards -- up to 39 miles per gallon for cars and 30 mpg for trucks by 2016 -- under a proposed new standard President Barack Obama plans to announce Tuesday, a senior administration official said Monday night. http://www.physorg.com/news161960209.html Space & Earth Tue, 19 May 2009 13:57:32 EST news161960209 A new front in the battle against climate change will open Tuesday, when President Barack Obama unveils sweeping new auto regulations described as equivalent to taking 177 million cars off the road. http://www.physorg.com/news161937425.html Space & Earth Tue, 19 May 2009 07:37:29 EST news161937425 The $9.16m Carbon Benefits Project, which involves the Overseas Development Group at the University of East Anglia (UEA), hopes to encourage sustainable development schemes in developing countries that generate climate adaptation, mitigation and conservation benefits, as well as improve quality of life. http://www.physorg.com/news161860778.html Space & Earth Mon, 18 May 2009 10:23:44 EST news161860778 (PhysOrg.com) -- Science has unearthed the secret to what might have been alchemy at Oldoinyo Lengai volcano in Tanzania. http://www.physorg.com/news160834772.html Space & Earth Wed, 06 May 2009 13:20:37 EST news160834772 (AP) -- President Barack Obama's commitment to take on climate change and put science over politics is about to be tested as his administration faces a politically sensitive question about the widespread use of ethanol: Does it help or hurt the fight against global warming? http://www.physorg.com/news160593602.html Space & Earth Sun, 03 May 2009 18:20:23 EST news160593602 (AP) -- California air regulators on Thursday adopted a first-in-the-nation mandate requiring low-carbon fuels, part of the state's wider effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. http://www.physorg.com/news159777808.html Space & Earth Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:44:04 EST news159777808