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Learn how sea urchins catch carbon dioxide
To reduce CO2 in the atmosphere one can 'catch' carbon and then put it into underground reservoirs. However, this way is both difficult to achieve high efficiency in pra…
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Spring can come earlier with North American forests, increasing CO2 absorption
In the next century green plants in the United States may have new spring leaves up to 17 days earlier than before global temperatures began to rise, according to a new…
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Global CO2 emissions in 2012 reached a record
Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are rising again in 2012, reaching a record high of 35.6 billion tons.
Environment
China focuses on green growth
Last October, China conducted a fourth census on businesses operating in the field of environmental protection to gather information to help policy makers devise measure…
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CO2 gas accumulates a lot of waste in space
The results of an international team of scientists published in the journal Nature Geoscience, the November 11 issue, show that the amount of CO2 accumulated in the Eart…
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CO2 increased but not proportional to GDP
Through World Bank statistics for more than 150 countries during the period 1960-2008, scientists discovered that CO2 increased by 0.73% on average for every 1% of total…
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High levels of CO2 reduce the ability to learn and work
Carbon dioxide (carbon dioxide) has long been known as one of the greenhouse gases causing global warming.
Environment
ICAO establishes CO2 emission standards for aircraft
On July 12, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) achieved an important step in an effort to set a greenhouse gas emission standard for global civil aviat…
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Can capture CO2?
The Ardmucknish Bay Area in Benderloch, Scotland has been selected to pilot this 'world salvation' technology, DailyMail reported. First, experts will find ways to 'capt…
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Spending 1 billion USD to build the world's largest CO2 collection room
Mongstad Technology Center, Norway's largest and most advanced carbon dioxide gas collection laboratory, was inaugurated on Monday. Located at a refinery on the west coa…
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Turn carbon dioxide into plastic
Korean scientists have been detrimental to finding ways to take advantage of greenhouse gases to produce a versatile product that is plastic, the information of Russian…
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Email makes the earth warmer
Whenever people send email, we have to turn on the computer and access the Internet. The email content will then be stored in servers and data warehouses - things also n…
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Measuring carbon to save tropical forests
After a period of measurement, scientists from the University of Gothenburg (Sweden) have released official data on the amount of carbon stored in tropical forests in Sr…
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'Dry' water and special applications
According to the Telegraph, 'dry water' looks like white powder. Each grain of dry water contains a drop of water with a silicon dioxide coating (silicon compound in the…
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Air pollution 'causes obesity'
Controversy erupted after a group of researchers announced an increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the air is one of the reasons for the fat epidemic.