On Flier's Remorse
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- Is Carbon Offset a Feel-Good Fiction? Doyle, Kevin // Conde Nast Traveler;Jul2007, Vol. 42 Issue 7, p60
The author examines the contributions of airplanes, which emit carbon dioxide, on global warming. He notes that jet engines produce about 3.5 percent of the world's human-generated carbon dioxide, the greenhouse gas most responsible for climate change. It is expected that carbon dioxide...
- Trendspotting: Small businesses can make big carbon impact. // Hudson Valley Business Journal;11/12/2007, Vol. 18 Issue 46, p2
The article presents facts about the contributions made by small businesses to global warming by producing carbon dioxide in their day-to-day operations. The author stated that common business activities that include air travel, employee commutes and the use of electricity generate carbon...
- Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: Comparing the CO2 Impacts. Kolwey, Neil // World Watch;Mar/Apr2009, Vol. 22 Issue 2, p16
The article discusses and compares emissions from personal transportation, including air travel, buses, trains, and the cars people drive and greenhouse gas emissions from household fuel and electricity consumption, so that one can understand these emissions better, and help make smarter and...
- Carbon dioxide is not the cause of global warming. Kulshreshtha, Anand // Chemical Business;Mar2008, Vol. 22 Issue 3, p32
Carbon dioxide gas (CO2) is not the principal cause of global warming (GW), because it has been around ever since the beginning of life on earth. In no way it is a threat to planet earth. On the other hand, CO2 essential to survival of plants, trees, crops and all the greenery & granary, herbs,...
- Greenhouse Gas Mitigation: The Biology of Carbon Sequestration. Greenstone, Matthew H // BioScience;Apr2002, Vol. 52 Issue 4, p323
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- Expedia offering green travel choice. Johnson, Jim // Waste News;9/11/2006, Vol. 12 Issue 10, p17
The article focuses on the initiatives from Expedia Inc., an online travel agency, to remove the worries of air travelers about the amount of carbon dioxide emitted in their trips. Expedia has came together with TerraPass, a program that funds carbon offset projects, and offered the air...
- The Southern Hemisphere Westerlies in a Warming World: Propping Open the Door to the Deep Ocean. Russell, Joellen L.; Dixon, Keith W.; Gnanadesikan, Anand; Stouffer, Ronald J.; Toggweiler, J. R. // Journal of Climate;Dec2006, Vol. 19 Issue 24, p6382
A coupled climate model with poleward-intensified westerly winds simulates significantly higher storage of heat and anthropogenic carbon dioxide by the Southern Ocean in the future when compared with the storage in a model with initially weaker, equatorward-biased westerlies. This difference...
- Reading the Leaves. Reebs, Stephan // Natural History;Apr2007, Vol. 116 Issue 3, p13
This article discusses a study which showed that corn can help map emissions of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that causes global warming. Conducted by Diana Y. Hsueh et al., the study argued that plants provide a cost-effective means of sampling carbon dioxide derived from fossil fuels. The...
- Organic farming. // Better Nutrition;Jan2004, Vol. 66 Issue 1, p20
The article reports that a 23-year study of organic farming's effects has now further documented that organic soils actually scrub the atmosphere of global warming gases by capturing atmospheric carbon dioxide and converting it into soil material. This research by the Rodale Institute is the...
