News tagged with greenhouse effect
New research provides blueprint for molecular basis of global warming
Nov 17, 2009 |
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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.
Stressed crops emit more methane than thought
Aug 17, 2009 |
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Scientists at the University of Calgary have found that methane emission by plants could be a bigger problem in global warming than previously thought.
Scientists predict greater longevity for planets with life
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 13, 2009 |
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Roughly a billion years from now, the ever-increasing radiation from the sun will have heated Earth into inhabitability; the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that serves as food for plant life will disappear, ...
Wetlands likely source of methane from ancient warming event
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 23, 2009 |
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An expansion of wetlands and not a large-scale melting of frozen methane deposits is the likely cause of a spike in atmospheric methane gas that took place some 11,600 years ago, according to an international ...
Fire influences global warming more than previously thought
Apr 23, 2009 |
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Fire's potent and pervasive effects on ecosystems and on many Earth processes, including climate change, have been underestimated, according to a new report.
