News tagged with atmospheric gases


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Termite killer lingers as a potent greenhouse gas

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 10, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Sulfuryl fluoride (SO2F2), a gas commonly used to rid buildings of termites and other pests, is a greenhouse gas that remains in the atmosphere about 36 years, six to 10 times longer than previously thoug ...


New 'pollution radar' developed to provide unprecedented picture of urban smog

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists and industrialists have invented a sophisticated new air quality measuring device that can act as a pollution radar over cities.





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From Greenhouse to Icehouse

From Greenhouse to Icehouse

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (10) | comments 9

A new study that reconstructed ocean temperatures from millions of years ago could provide new insight into how the Earth responds to climate change.


Key scientist says politics behind stolen e-mails

Technology / Other

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (5) | comments 4

(AP) -- A leading climate change scientist said hackers breaking into a university's computer server and then posting documents online show the nasty politics of global warming.


3 Questions: Sara Seager on searching for Earth-like planets

3 Questions: Sara Seager on searching for Earth-like planets

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT planetary scientist Sara Seager has been studying exoplanets — planets circling stars other than the sun — for many years.


Scientist: Leak of climate e-mails appalling

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (17) | comments 24

(AP) -- A leading climate change scientist whose private e-mails are included in thousands of documents that were stolen by hackers and posted online said Sunday the leaks may have been aimed at undermining next month's ...


Hackers leak e-mails, stoke climate debate

Technology / Internet

created Nov 21, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (49) | comments 32

(AP) -- Computer hackers have broken into a server at a well-respected climate change research center in Britain and posted hundreds of private e-mails and documents online - stoking debate over whether some scientists have ...


Human emissions rise 2 percent despite GFC

Fossil fuel CO2 emissions up by 29 percent since 2000

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (18) | comments 7

The strongest evidence yet that the rise in atmospheric CO2 emissions continues to outstrip the ability of the world's natural 'sinks' to absorb carbon is published this week in the journal Nature Geoscience. ...


New research provides blueprint for molecular basis of global warming

New research provides blueprint for molecular basis of global warming

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 3

A new study indicates that major chemicals most often cited as leading causes of climate change, such as carbon dioxide and methane, are outclassed in their warming potential by compounds receiving less attention.


Record high temperatures far outpace record lows across US

Record high temperatures far outpace record lows across US (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (28) | comments 7

Spurred by a warming climate, daily record high temperatures occurred twice as often as record lows over the last decade across the continental United States, new research shows. The ratio of record highs ...


A Tale of Planetary Woe

A Tale of Planetary Woe (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (11) | comments 5

Once upon a time — roughly four billion years ago — Mars was warm and wet, much like Earth. Liquid water flowed on the Martian surface in long rivers that emptied into shallow seas. A thick atmosphere blanketed ...


Green is cool, but US land changes generally are not

Green is cool, but US land changes generally are not

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Most land use changes occurring in the continental U.S result in raised regional surface temperatures, says a new study by scientists at the University of Maryland, Purdue University and the University of ...



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