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- Bacterium could help control global warming. Harrigan, Kate // Pollution Engineering;Dec98, Vol. 30 Issue 13, p15
Reports on a bacterium which could play a role in reducing global warming according to scientists from the Michigan State University's Center for Microbial Biology. Reduction of methane gas from landfills; Isolation of the bacterium in Siberia.
- Out of sight, out of mind? Baker, Linda // E: The Environmental Magazine;Jul/Aug98, Vol. 9 Issue 4, p20
Discusses an initiative to alleviate the problem on global warming. Elaboration on a proposal that would harness the power of the ocean to suck carbon dioxide from the atmosphere; Information on the `Geritol solution,' a way to multiply the number of phytoplankton of the ocean; Pumping...
- Tend to your own house. Weissman, Robert // Environmental Action;Winter94, Vol. 25 Issue 4, p26
Reports on the failure of the joint implementation in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Refusal to confront the root causes of the global warming crisis; Four reasons why joint implementation is an idea that should be scrapped immediately; Evidence of advocates' insensitivity to issues of...
- Kyoto emissions treaty talks go down to the negotiating wire. // ENR: Engineering News-Record;12/15/97, Vol. 239 Issue 24, p11
Provides information on the outcome of the global warming negotiations that took place in Kyoto, Japan. Length of the conference; Information on Chairman Raul Estrada-Oyuela 's negotiating plans.
- Climate remains at risk, United Nations panel says. // R&D Magazine;Oct94, Vol. 36 Issue 11, p12
Reports on the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) call to industrial nations to go beyond their promises concerning global warming at the 1992 Earth Summit in Brazil. Inadequacy of nations' efforts in stopping the increase of greenhouse gas concentrations; IPCC...
- Climate controls. Benford, Gregory // Reason;Nov97, Vol. 29 Issue 6, p24
Discusses how to approach global warming as a technical problem. Only way to counter global warming; Effect of suppressing fuel use to the states' economy; Simplest way to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere; Ways to capture half of the United States' carbon emissions.
- Engineering a cooler planet. Flanagan, Ruth // Earth;Oct96, Vol. 5 Issue 5, p34
Describes the processes for fixing global warming. Advantages of adding iron to the ocean in Geritol solution; Geoengineering techniques including solar sails or reflecting mirrors; Advantages of tree planting; Capturing carbon dioxides in smokestacks. INSETS: The pitfalls of...
- Global warming in the dock. Olstead, Jeffrey // Geographical (Campion Interactive Publishing);Sep93, Vol. 65 Issue 9, p12
Discusses the claims and counter-claims in Great Britain on preventing global warming. Warnings from environmentalists and meteorologists; Government regulation on the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions; Opinion of scientific experts; Effects on human society.
- After Kyoto: A global scramble for advantage. Yandle, Bruce // Independent Review;Summer99, Vol. 4 Issue 1, p19
Discusses the Kyoto Protocol of 1997 and its differential effects across countries. Set carbon emission reduction goals for avoiding global warming; Resource costs of meeting the protocol; Justification of the cost of cartelization; Countries, firms and industries as behaving strategically in...
