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Global warming may require higher dams, stilts (AP)

Global warming may require higher dams, stilts

Space & Earth / Environment

created 15 hours ago | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 2

(AP) -- With the world losing the battle against global warming so far, experts are warning that humans need to follow nature's example: Adapt or die.


The end of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon?

Space & Earth / Environment

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A new article in the December 4 issue of Science addresses how the combined efforts of government commitments and market transition could save forest and reduce carbon emissions in Brazil. The Policy Forum brief, entitled "The E ...


Elevated CO2 levels may mitigate losses of biodiversity from nitrogen pollution

Space & Earth / Environment

created 18 hours ago | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Rising levels of carbon dioxide may overheat the planet and cause other environmental problems, but fears that rising CO2 levels could directly reduce plant biodiversity can be allayed, according to a new study by a University ...


Novel carbon-trading scheme could stop large-scale extinctions

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created 19 hours ago | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new strategy for saving tropical forest species was published in the leading journal Science on the eve of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen, Denmark, by a team of researchers, includ ...


American drivers fond of their gas guzzlers will have to quickly learn to love greener cars

Green cars to get Copenhagen boost

Technology / Energy

created 19 hours ago | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

American drivers fond of their gas guzzlers will have to quickly learn to love greener cars, which are expected to get a big boost from upcoming international climate talks in Copenhagen.


Forest deal at Copenhagen must avoid creating 'carbon refugees'

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Forest dwellers must be included in the design of the upcoming forest deal at Copenhagen in order to avoid a humanitarian crisis, according to a scientist at the University of Leeds.


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Blood Enzyme Could Help Realize Clean Coal

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created 20 hours ago | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An enzyme in our blood that enables our lungs to exhale carbon dioxide could be the key to isolating carbon dioxide emissions from coal plants in order to store them safely underground. A ...


Tahoe faces new development battle: green vs. green

Space & Earth / Environment

created 22 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

As snow begins to blanket Lake Tahoe, the region finds itself facing a new kind of development battle: green vs. green.


CO2 levels rising in troposphere over rural areas

CO2 levels rising in troposphere over rural areas

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created 22 hours ago | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Spanish researchers have measured CO2 levels for the past three years in the troposphere (lower atmosphere) over a sparsely inhabited rural area near Valladolid. The results, which are the first of their kind ...


ARS Explores Ways to Keep Carbon in the Soil

ARS Explores Ways to Keep Carbon in the Soil

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created 23 hours ago | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are testing out alternative ways of tilling the soil and rotating crops to see if they can help wheat farmers in Oregon sequester more carbon ...



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