carbon dioxide Archive

  • CO2 by energy-dz dot come

    Part 7: Earth’s Carbon Cycle

    Posted on April 20, 2012 | No Comments
    Luisa Cristini, PhD, University of Hawaii at Manoa [Note from the editor: This is the seventh in a series of blog entries that will focus on introductory topics in climate dynamics and modeling, and will be a great insight into the current understanding of the...

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  • A map showing U.S. methane emissions by county from landfills. Reproduced from NREL.

    Should Methane Be Our First Line of Attack to Slow Global Heating?

    Posted on April 9, 2012 | No Comments
    By Penny Paugh Scientist Peter Cox, speaking at the University of Exeter (United Kingdom), recently suggests that the way to win the battle with greenhouse gases is to lower methane emissions. In fact, curbing methane may be the best way to stem dangerous warming. Methane...

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    The Medieval Climate Anomaly

    Posted on January 21, 2012 | 1 Comment
    By Gavin Roy Since the Industrial Revolution in the 18th and 19th centuries, carbon dioxide in the atmosphere from the burning of fossil fuels has increased from 280ppm (parts per million) to 390ppm across the globe. This has led to a net warming in the...

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  • Melting Permanfrost by BBC News

    Recent Studies on Permafrost

    Posted on January 8, 2012 | 1 Comment
    Scientists in Siberia, Alaska and the Arctic are researching what happens when the tiny microbes, the residue of animals and plants that lived thousands of years ago, become exposed with melting that has been occurring with the warming of the planet. They have found that...

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  • water vapor by Alaska-in-pictures

    CO2 and Global Warming

    Posted on September 23, 2010 | No Comments
    Greenhouse Gases and the Causes of Global Warming By Anita Dotson MYTH: Water vapor is the most important, abundant greenhouse gas. So if we’re going to control a greenhouse gas, why don’t we control it instead of carbon dioxide (CO2)? This is a common misconception...

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  • global warming by commons.wikimedia.org

    Answer to Stossel

    Posted on September 23, 2010 | 2 Comments
    Answer to Global Warming Skeptic, John Stossel December 2009 By Virginia Noel ABC News reporter, John Stossel, has stated that he doesn’t fear global warming. In March, at a gathering of climate change skeptics, he criticized coverage of climate change by the “socialist media.” He...

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