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Tag Archives: Climate forcing

12Dec/16

Scientists say methane surge requires ‘urgent attention’

December 12, 2016EnvironmentArctic methane emissions, Atmosphere, Atmospheric methane, Carbon offset, Chemistry, Clathrate gun hypothesis, Climate forcing, Climate variability and change, Climatology, dairy farmers, Environment, Gases, Greenhouse gas, greenhouse gas emissions, Methane, Methane emissions, Nature, Physical geography, Renewable energy, Robert Jacksonsmbale

Researchers are warning that combating climate change also requires more controls over the rate at which methane in the atmosphere is now rising.
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28Dec/15

Smoke billows from chimneys in central Rome, in front of St. Peters's Basilica dome.

Three-day ban on private cars starts in Italy’s Milan to lower air pollution levels

December 28, 2015EnvironmentAir pollution, Articles, China, Claudia, Climate forcing, Davide, Germano, Giacomo, Italy, Low-carbon economy, Milan, Pollution, Road space rationing, Road traffic management, Rome, Shanghai, Simone, Smog, Transport, Transportation planningsmbale

Smoggy Christmas in Italy prompts emergency measures, with Milan imposing a total ban on private cars in the city and its hinterland for three days to lower air pollution levels.

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30Nov/15

Plankton increase may be due to rising carbon dioxide levels

November 30, 2015EnvironmentAquatic ecology, Biological oceanography, Carbon dioxide, Carbon sink, Chemical compounds, Chemical substances, Chemistry, Climate forcing, Coccolithophore, food source, Greenhouse gases, Haptophytes, John Hopkins, John Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins, NEXT MEDIA, North Atlantic, Planktology, Plankton, Sara Rivero, Sara Rivero-Calle, Sciencesmbale

Johns Hopkins University researchers have expressed concern after finding a major increase in the world’s population of plankton, citing rising carbon dioxide levels as a potential cause.
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21Nov/15

NASA uses new tool to track rising carbon dioxide levels

November 21, 2015Environment350.org, Annmarie Eldering, Atmosphere of Earth, Carbon dioxide, Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere, Carbon monitoring, Chemical compounds, Climate change, Climate change mitigation scenarios, Climate change policy, Climate forcing, Climate variability and change, Global warming, greenhouse gas emissions, Greenhouse gases, Nature, Orbiting Carbon Observatory, Paris, Photosynthesis, the world meteorological organization, United Statessmbale

NASA scientists use a new satellite to track rising carbon dioxide levels and urge policy leaders to reduce emissions ahead of the Paris climate summit.
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24Aug/15

Wars improve air quality in the Middle East

August 24, 2015WarAir pollution, Al Anbar Governorate, Aleppo, Anbar, Athens, Baghdad, Cairo, Climate forcing, Damascus, Egypt, Fertile Crescent, Germany, Greece, Husaybah, Iraq, Johannes Lelieveld, Jordan, Jos, Jos Lelieveld, Kabisa, Learned societies, Lebanon, Levieveld, MAINZ, Max Planck, Max Planck Society, Physical sciences, Physicists, Pollution, Syria, Tehransmbale

MAINZ, GERMANY, CAIRO, EGYPT, ATHENS, GREECE, ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ, ALEPPO, SYRIA
(REUTERS, SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE) – Amid the increase in death, displacement and overall chaos in the Middle East over the past five years, Professor Jos Lelieveld of the Max-Planck Institute, says he has spotted one area where statistics indicate a decrease. He says, air pollution has declined significantly.
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27Apr/15

Oxford-based start-up to use drones to plant one billion trees a year

April 27, 2015EnvironmentBiocarbon Engineering, Climate forcing, Conservation, Deforestation, Drone, Environment, Environmental Issues, Forest management, Forestry, Land management, Nature, NEXT MEDIA, Oxford, Plant reproduction, Plants, Reforestation, Seeds, Sowing, start-up, Tree planting, United Kingdomsmbale

UK (Next Media) – Oxford-based start-up Biocarbon Engineering is planning to fight industrial deforestation by planting 1 billion trees a year using drones.
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24Feb/15

Carbon dioxide released by the ocean thousands of years ago may have ended the ice age

February 24, 2015EnvironmentCalcium carbonate, Carbon, Carbon cycle, Carbon dioxide, Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere, Carbon sink, Chemical oceanography, Chemistry, Climate forcing, Environment, Geochemistry, Greenhouse gases, Natural sciences, Nature, NEXT MEDIA, Ocean, Ocean storage of carbon dioxide, Pacific Ocean, Photosynthesis, Physical sciences, Propellants, United Kingdomsmbale

UK (Next Media) – Recent research conducted by the University of Southampton and published in Nature magazine suggests that carbon dioxide released from the ocean played a large role in ending the most recent ice age.
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