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Ocean acidification troubles
The seas in which corals and other calcifying species dwell are turning acidic, their pH slowly dropping as Earth's oceans acidify in response to increased carbon dioxide... More »
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Targeting other climate change gases
NOAA study: Slowing climate change by targeting gases other than carbon dioxide The direct warming influence of all long-lived greenhouse gases in the atmosphere today... More »
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Earth's Hot Past: Prologue to Future Climate?
Earth's Hot Past: Prologue to Future Climate? Study of Earth's deep past leads to look into the future The magnitude of climate change during Earth's deep... More »
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Arctic Sea-Ice, Polar Bear Habitat and...
Projected Losses of Arctic Sea-Ice and Polar Bear Habitat May Be Reduced If Greenhouse Gas Emissions are Stabilized Sea-ice habitats essential to polar bears would likely... More »
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The Greenhouse Effect
Imagine placing the Earth in a glass bottle where the only possible energy transfers are through electromagnetic radiation. Solar radiation either passes through the... More »
Climate Literacy Handbook: Principle 5
Last Updated on 2013-04-26 at 15:59
This is a chapter from Climate Literacy Handbook.
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Lifestyle, technology and CO2 emissions in China
Last Updated on 2013-01-06 at 17:29
Introduction
China as the world’s largest developing country and the most populous country has achieved notable success in developing their economy with... More »
Greenhouse gas
Last Updated on 2012-09-22 at 11:56
A greenhouse gas is one of several gases that can absorb and emit longwave (infrared) radiation in a planetary atmosphere. This phenomenon is often termed the greenhouse... More »
Methane: Greenhouse Gas Enemy Number Two
Last Updated on 2012-08-21 at 16:08
Methane (CH4) is second only to carbon dioxide (CO2) in its contribution to the greenhouse effect and accounts for about 15% of anthropogenic warming. [1] Moreover, sudden... More »
U.S. carbon dioxide emissions from energy use fell in...
Last Updated on 2012-08-17 at 14:48
After an increase in 2010 of 3.3 percent, energy-related carbon dioxide emissions declined in 2011 by 2.4 percent and were 526 million metric tons (9 percent) below the 2005... More »
EPA Regulation of Greenhouse Gases: Congressional...
Last Updated on 2012-07-11 at 21:37
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The Environmental Protection Agency’s promulgation of an “endangerment finding” for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in December 2009, and its... More »
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