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Methane’s Rising Greenhouse Effect, Measured Directly for the First Time

Janina Lazo-Cruz — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 05:13:26 +0000

Gases that trap heat in the atmosphere are called greenhouse gases. As their atmospheric concentrations change, scientists expect the amount of energy absorbed by these gases would change accordingly. However, this was not yet proven outside the laboratory until a study was conducted by US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley Lab Research. According to Berkeley […]

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New Technique to Better Estimate GHG Emissions from Fossil Fuels

Guest Contributor — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 18:32:12 +0000

A team of scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology has developed an instrument that could be used to determine the percentage of carbon found in the atmosphere, that comes from the burning of fossil fuels. The core concept of the technology is similar to the one used in carbon dating, which essentially […]

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Greenhouse Gas Emissions Possibly On The Rise by 2030

Michelle Lutz — Sun, 08 Nov 2015 08:25:56 +0000

Greenhouse gas emissions could reach detrimental levels by 2030, bringing emission levels up to 12 billion tons more than safe level for a 2 degree change in temperature. This phenomenon, that is wrapping the earth in a cocoon, of sorts, is called the Greenhouse Effect. Heat is unable to escape the atmosphere because of certain […]

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Elon Musk on Nuking Mars, Greenhouse Effect and CO2

Annika Tostengard — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 17:18:35 +0000

Right now on Earth, the greenhouse effect is seen as a bad thing, but it’s easy to see why it’s important when looking at Mars. The red planet has no atmosphere and is therefore too cold for humans to inhabit anytime soon. This is partly because there is no greenhouse effect. It’s important to trap at […]

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CO2 Levels and Temperatures Don’t Increase at the Same Rate, but We’re Still in Trouble

Leigh Hutchens — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 03:03:38 +0000

Carbon dioxide levels are constantly rising. In fact, the amount of CO2 on the Earth just reached a staggering level of 400 parts per million. But as linked as they are, CO2 levels and the Earth’s temperature do not rise at the same rate. The amount of CO2 is increasing constantly, and the Earth just […]

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