Global warming? Prove it
Tags: SURVEYS; PEW Research Center; GLOBAL warming; EMISSIONS (Air pollution); CARBON dioxide mitigation
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- Clean up our act. Wicks, Malcolm // Engineer (00137758);2/25/2008, Vol. 293 Issue 7742, p18
The author reflects on the development of carbon capture and storage technology (CCS) given the global threat of climate change. According to the author, the development of CCS technology is significant if people want to reduce emissions and secure energy supplies. The author believes that the...
- WORLD MUST FIX CLIMATE IN LESS THAN 10 YEARS -- UNDP. Colitt, Raymond // Rachel's Democracy & Health News;11/29/2007, Issue 935, p5
The article discusses the United Nations (UN) Human Development Report. According to the report, climate change is likely to cause large-scale human and economic setbacks and irreversible ecological catastrophes if carbon emissions are not cut in half over the next generation. Emissions of...
- 0.5 tonnes. // Green Futures;Jan2008, Issue 67, p10
The article offers information on carbon emissions in India. Figures show that the annual per capita carbon emissions of the country is 0.5 tonnes, around a quarter of the Chinese average and 1/16th that of the U.S. To know more about the country's environmental performance and its search for...
- BENCHMARK 450PPM HIT A DECADE AHEAD OF FORECAST. // Ecologist;Nov2007, Vol. 37 Issue 9, p10
The article reports on the observation of Professor Tim Flannery, a leading climate expert, that atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide have already passed a critical threshold. He told an Australian news channel that levels of carbon dioxide in mid-2005 had already reached 455 parts per...
- North Pennines. Edward, Olivia // Geographical (Geographical Magazine Ltd.);Aug2008, Vol. 80 Issue 8, p14
The article discusses Great Britain's North Pennines, the country's second-largest Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), to determine how cattle farming is helping to conserve the country's hay meadow. Why the North Pennines' peat moorlands are helping to fight global climate change is...
- Cutting carbon. McKibben, Bill // Christian Century;7/1/2008, Vol. 125 Issue 13, p11
The article discusses the effect of carbon emissions on global warming. It mentions causal effects of the increasing amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, including massive sea level rise. The article also suggests that the U.S. federal government put a fee on carbon emission to help...
- Global warming: The soot factor. Quaas, Johannes // Nature;3/24/2011, Vol. 471 Issue 7339, p456
The article focuses on the anthropogenic factors of global warming. It states that the anthropogenic emissions of black carbon and soot affect the global climate while carbon dioxide, the most prominent in greenhouse gases is warming the planet by trapping infrared radiation. It says that the...
- Changing Climate. // Future Survey;Jan2008, Vol. 30 Issue 1, p11
A review of the article "Changing Climate," a supplement in the October 2007 issue of the "National Geographic," is presented. It is stated that human activity is the main cause of the rapid occurrence of climate change. The atmosphere has been flooded with heat trapping carbon dioxide from the...
- Navigating a carbon-constrained world. Grothen, Grant E. // Power;Jul2007, Vol. 151 Issue 7, p34
The article discusses the impacts of mandatory carbon controls on the electric power industry in the U.S. The country is reported to be the largest carbon-dioxide emitter per capita of any large nation. The author observes that scientific debate on the validity of global warming science...
