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Carbon dioxide levels now 61% higher than 1990
2014-01-04 20:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: Global carbon dioxide emissions are likely to hit 36 billion tonnes in 2013, according to new research from the University of East Anglia in the UK. This is a small rise an estimated 2.1% -- on 2012, but it will be 61% above the levels in 1990, which is the baseline year for the Kyoto Protocol. The Kyoto Protocol was agreed by most of the worlds concerned nations, anxious to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and contain warming to a global average of 2°C. So the 2013 carbon budget is not being...
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Forests Flatline On Trapping Carbon Dioxide With Temperature Rise, Study Shows
2013-12-19 04:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: A four-degree-Celsius rise in the Earths surface temperature could max out the amount of carbon dioxide that forests can trap from the atmosphere, according to new research by a team of European researchers. Rainforests, such as the Amazon, act as natural carbon sinks, using up and storing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air to make food. While humans continue to pump CO2 into the atmosphere, these sinks help maintain a balance by absorbing up to half of the total CO2 emitted globally. The...
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Generating Electricity May Utilize Otherwise Unwanted Carbon Dioxide
2013-12-13 19:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: A team of American researchers has designed a novel geothermal power plant that would sequester large amounts of carbon dioxide underground as part of its operations. According to a report being presented on Friday at the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco, carbon dioxide can be used to boost power generation from geothermal sources by at least 10 times compared to conventional means. Typical geothermal power plants tap into hot water that is deep underground, pull the heat...
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Ocean crust could store many centuries industrial carbon dioxide
2013-12-04 16:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Researchers from the University of Southampton have identified regions beneath the oceans where the igneous rocks of the upper ocean crust could safely store very large volumes of carbon dioxide. The burning of fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas has led to dramatically increasing concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere causing climate change and ocean acidification. Although technologies are being developed to capture CO2 at major sources such as power stations, this will only avoid...
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A View From China, India On Carbon Dioxide Emissions
2013-11-26 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: In the coming decades, carbon dioxide emissions from China, India and other rapidly developing countries are expected to grow rapidly. China and India have said they won't commit to controlling their carbon dioxide emissions. So how are international concerns about climate change viewed in China and India?
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