News tagged with emission levels
Pollution figures put Europe under spotlight
Jun 23, 2009 |
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European policy makers must collaborate more closely in the fight against global warming, according to a leading expert who compiled the most detailed ever record of greenhouse gas emissions across the continent.
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After Five Years, NASA's Aura Shines Brightly
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- On July 15, 2004, NASA's Aura spacecraft launched from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base on a mission to study Earth's ozone layer, air quality and climate. Aura's data are helping scientists ...
Stabilizing climate requires near-zero carbon emissions
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 15, 2008 |
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Now that scientists have reached a consensus that carbon dioxide emissions from human activities are the major cause of global warming, the next question is: How can we stop it" Can we just cut back on carbon, or do we need ...
Farms, Fertilizers and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Dec 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are front and center in finding out how farming affects emissions of the green house nitrous oxide (N2O).
Fluorescent glass SRMs are new tool for spectroscopy
Jun 09, 2007 |
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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed two new calibration tools to help correct and validate the performance of analytic instruments that identify substances based on fluorescence.
Nissan Cuts In Half Amount of Precious Metals Required in Catalysts
Nov 17, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Nissan Motor Company Inc. has announced a new ultra-low precious metal catalyst that will cut in half the amount of precious metals used by car manufacturers. The new catalyst will be introduced in the new ...
Methane gas levels begin to increase again
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Oct 29, 2008 |
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The amount of methane in Earth's atmosphere shot up in 2007, bringing to an end a period of about a decade in which atmospheric levels of the potent greenhouse gas were essentially stable, according to a team led by MIT researchers.
Mercury reduction tied to emissions laws
Apr 03, 2006 |
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Seven years after Massachusetts passed the nation's toughest mercury emission incinerator laws, mercury found in some freshwater fish is down 32 percent.
Japanese car makers out to electrify Tokyo show
Oct 19, 2009 |
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Move over hybrids -- the biggest buzz at this year's Tokyo Motor Show looks set to come from electric cars as the dream of affordable zero-emission vehicles moves closer to reality.
Light-Emitting Diodes for Night-Vision Displays
Jan 23, 2007 |
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More and more, conventional inorganic semiconductor electronics are being complemented with organic components. For example, flexible displays, large illuminated displays, or flat-panel displays can be made from organic light-emitting ...
Researchers 'sniff out' emissions from feedyards
Mar 07, 2007 |
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Setting up an air quality trailer in the midst of cattle pens at a feedlot will help measure gaseous emissions, said a Texas Agricultural Experiment Station researcher. Dr. Ken Casey, Experiment Station air quality engineer ...
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