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Reducing Deforestation could Decrease Carbon Emissions by a Fifth
2014-06-07 12:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Saving trees would reduce carbon dioxide emission by a fifth, new study suggests. According to the researchers, tropical forests absorb some two billion tons of carbon, which is equivalent to a fifth of world's carbon emissions. The trees store the carbon in their barks and leaves. Human activities such as logging and forest fires significantly increase greenhouse gas emissions. Researchers said that if reducing deforestations could cut carbon emission levels by a fifth. The study was conducted...
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Reducing emissions is the primary way to fight climate change, study finds
2014-06-01 17:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Click Green: Climate engineering is unlikely to provide an effective or practical solution to slowing global warming, according to a new study. Reducing the release of carbon remains the only likely answer to tackling climate change ahead of fanciful projects such as positioning giant mirrors in space to reduce the amount of sunlight being trapped in the earth's atmosphere or seeding clouds to reduce the amount of light entering earth's atmosphere. A new report by professors from UCLA and five other universities...
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World Bank/ICCT report provides guidance to reducing black carbon emissions from diesels in developing countries
2014-04-14 12:30:21| Green Car Congress
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Capturing cow burps: reducing methane emissions
2014-01-14 01:00:00| Power Technology
Researchers in Argentina have developed a method of capturing methane from cattle that they hope will lead to a reduction in the global warming impact of the agricultural sector. But is it a realistic solution or just a lot of hot air?
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Reducing Gas Emissions from Livestock Key to Curbing Climate Change: Study
2014-01-03 22:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: A study published recently in the journal Nature Climate Change highlights both the need for policy changes and greater emphasis on livestock management in order to curb climate change. Although it's well known that significant quantities of methane are produced by the burps and excrement of the world's livestock, the study authors contend that inadequate attention is being paid to to the greenhouse gasses associated with ruminant animals such as cows, sheep, goats and buffalo. "Because the...