News articles tagged with 'emission'
Hidden threat: Elevated pollution levels near regional airports
— 19 Nov 2009 18:18 | EnvironmentScientists are reporting evidence that air pollution - a well-recognised problem at major airports - may pose an important but largely overlooked health concern for people living near... — 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
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
Falling Amazon deforestation rates create opportunity for other damaged forests
— 15 Nov 2009 16:46 | EnvironmentFewer trees were cut down in the Amazon this year, creating an opportunity to apply sound government policies to halt deforestation in other damaged forests, WWF says... — full story
Record highs far outpace record lows across US
— 13 Nov 2009 14:34 | EnvironmentSpurred by a warming climate, daily record high temperatures occurred twice as often as record lows over the last decade across the continental United States, new research shows... — full story
Controversial new climate change data
— 11 Nov 2009 13:53 | EnvironmentNew data show that the balance between the airborne and the absorbed fraction of CO2 has stayed approximately constant since 1850, despite emissions of CO2 having risen from about 2... — full story
Reducing greenhouse gases may not be enough to slow climate change
— 11 Nov 2009 13:03 | EnvironmentGeorgia Tech City and Regional Planning Professor Brian Stone publishes a paper in the December edition of Environmental Science and Technology that suggests policymakers need to address... — 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
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