News tagged with atmospheric carbon
Researcher identifies protein that concentrates carbon dioxide in algae
Apr 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are a concern to many environmentalists who research global warming.
Invasive plants challenge scientists in face of environmental change
Jan 13, 2009 |
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Managing invasive plant species on the Great Plains has become more challenging in recent years in the face of human-caused environmental change, including the positive responses of invaders to altered atmospheric chemistry ...
ESA tests laser to measure atmospheric carbon dioxide
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 03, 2008 |
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A recent ESA campaign has demonstrated how a technique using lasers could be employed to measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The campaign supports one of the main objectives of the candidate Earth Explorer A-SCOPE mission.
Ocean growing more acidic faster than once thought
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 24, 2008 |
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University of Chicago scientists have documented that the ocean is growing more acidic faster than previously thought. In addition, they have found that the increasing acidity correlates with increasing levels ...
Why is Greenland covered in ice?
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 27, 2008 |
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There have been many reports in the media about the effects of global warming on the Greenland ice-sheet, but there is still great uncertainty as to why there is an ice-sheet there at all.
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