Biochar, The Best Solution For Cattle-Linked Nitrous Oxide Emissions
The cattle growing activity has been associated for some time with increased greenhouse gas emissions, such as nitrous oxide. Grazed pastures have been studied and their increased nitrous oxide emissions have been proven to be reduced by biochar, which can sequester the embodied carbon in the soil and alters soil nitrogen transformations in a beneficial way.
Biomass-Produced CO2 Should Be Counted As Damaging to Global Warming to Some Extent, Researchers...
Since ages, it's been considered that if you burn biomass the net carbon dioxide emission is zero, since the CO2 emitted is equal to the CO2 absorbed in growing plants. A research conducted at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) says otherwise: we should also count those CO2 emissions along with the ones produced by petrol, for example.
Fat People Account for Gasoline Price Increases and Bigger Carbon Footprint, Study Says
A study of the Resources for the Future (RFF) institute from a few years ago (2009, more exactly) revealed the impact that obesity has on a man's carbon footprint. It showed that even a 10 percent increase in the rate of overweight and obesity among the population affected the miles per gallon by 2.5%, in the bad direction. This, in turn, created a 30 cent increase in gasoline prices.
You Shouldn't Idle Your Car In Winter – It Heats Faster When Driven
You know, I used to do this... my father used to do it, and my father-in-law still does it. Popular belief says you should heat up your car's engine in idle mode before you go on a ride, especially when it's cold outside. They say if you don't do this, you'll ruin the segments and you'll end up having a broken car soon.
Dutch Researcher Finds Feed Additive That Halves the Methane Released by Cows and Sheep
Well, this sounds funny: a Dutch researcher, Sander van Zijderveld, has seemingly discovered the perfect formula that should reduce the methane emissions of cows and sheep and that does not harm the animals in any way, nor their milk, but help a little to reduce the global warming.
Nighttime City Lights Interfere With Natural Air Cleansing Process, Study Says
An interesting news regarding how pollution actually works and how nature tries to combat it comes from a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration researcher, Harald Stark. He says that during nighttime there's a chemical called the nitrate radical, that breaks down the harmful chemicals emitted during the day by cars and factories.
Newly Discovered Seafloor Magmatic Phenomenon May Emit Carbon Dioxide and Methane In Large Quantities
It looks like we're not even by far nearly the only ones emitting carbon dioxide, but even our very own planet does this in a process discovered recently. Researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have observed the phenomenon which, although unquantified, emits more carbon dioxide and methane than active ocean floor volcanoes do.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Accelerated In Recent Years Despite Economic Recession, Says WMO
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released a press statement today, in which they warn about the rise in atmospheric greenhouse gases during the last few years. Despite the economic crisis, which slowed down the industry a bit, the gas concentration rose in 2009, driving Earth towards a sure warming in the near future.
Ice Melt Due To Global Warming Could Trigger Colder Winters In Northern Regions, Study...
Previewing floods, droughts, heat waves and rising sea levels, a U.N. panel of climate scientists from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research warned that the global warming and the melting of sea ice could actually bring harsher winters over Europe and northern Asia.
Increased Global Warming Could Lower Overall Wind Power, Researcher Says
The Earth's systems are all interlinked and their proper functioning depends on all of them. Diandong Ren, a climate researcher at the University of Texas at Austin, has recently formulated a theory according to which wind power could drop by up to 12 percent if the global temperature will rise 2 to 4 degrees.
