News articles tagged with 'carbon'
Berkeley Lab lends expertise to India to promote energy efficiency
— 19 Nov 2009 17:38 | TechnologyIndia may rank only a distant fourth in terms of carbon dioxide emissions, behind China, the United States and Russia, but its rapid economic growth rate coupled with ageing and inefficient... — full story
Fossil fuel CO2 emissions up by 29 percent since 2000
— 18 Nov 2009 11:20 | EnvironmentThe 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... — full story
Human emissions rise 2 percent despite GFC
— 18 Nov 2009 09:10 | EnvironmentDespite the economic effects of the global financial crisis (GFC), carbon dioxide emissions from human activities rose 2 per cent in 2008 to an all-time high of 1.3 tonnes of carbon... — full story
Volatile gas could turn Rwandan lake into a freshwater time bomb
— 17 Nov 2009 15:19 | EnvironmentA dangerous level of carbon dioxide and methane gas haunts Lake Kivu, the freshwater lake system bordering Rwanda and the Republic of Congo... — full story
Cautious conservation: How to ensure that slowing global warming will protect biodiversity
— 17 Nov 2009 12:34 | EnvironmentWhile it is clear that massive destruction of tropical rainforests poses a serious threat to the incredibly rich biodiversity found on Earth, other hazards are not so explicit. An international... — full story
Caltech scientists develop DNA origami nanoscale breadboards for carbon nanotube circuits
— 11 Nov 2009 12:48 | TechnologyIn work that someday may lead to the development of novel types of nanoscale electronic devices, an interdisciplinary team of researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech)... — full story
Health care accounts for 8 percent of US carbon footprint
— 11 Nov 2009 12:18 | HealthThe American health care sector accounts for nearly a tenth of the country's carbon dioxide emissions, according to a first-of-its-kind calculation of health care's carbon footprint... — full story
Antarctica glacier retreat creates new carbon dioxide store
— 10 Nov 2009 15:10 | EnvironmentLarge blooms of tiny marine plants called phytoplankton are flourishing in areas of open water left exposed by the recent and rapid melting of ice shelves and glaciers around the Antarctic... — full story
How size matters for catalysts
— 6 Nov 2009 12:40 | ChemistryUniversity of Utah chemists demonstrated the first conclusive link between the size of catalyst particles on a solid surface, their electronic properties and their ability to speed... — full story
Researchers hail innovative plan to save rainforest, reduce greenhouse gas emissions
— 6 Nov 2009 12:34 | EnvironmentAn innovative proposal by the Ecuadorian government to protect an untouched, oil rich region of Amazon rainforest is a precedent-setting and potentially economically viable approach,... — full story