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Carbon dioxide in oceans gives fish a deathwish

Posted January 16, 2012 - 07:00 by Kate Taylor

The increasing amount of dissolved carbon dioxide oceans is driving fish crazy, Australian researchers say.

A lean, mean, pollution-eating building!?

Posted January 6, 2012 - 11:40 by Angeli Duffin, EarthTechling

Most of the world is taking small steps to reduce energy consumption – such as changing to CFL light bulbs or Energy Star appliances, and perhaps installing a few solar panels.  

California to deploy CO2 monitoring stations

Posted December 12, 2011 - 11:32 by Kristy Hessman, EarthTechling

Next time you check the weather on your desktop icon or mobile phone app, will you be ale to get an update on the carbon dioxide and methane concentrations in the air, as well?

Global warming may not be as severe as predicted

Posted November 25, 2011 - 05:22 by Kate Taylor

As atmospheric carbon dioxide increases, the planet won't get as hot as previous studies have indicated, new research shows.

Greenhouse gases hit record high

Posted November 21, 2011 - 10:29 by Emma Woollacott

Despite everything, there are now record quantities of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, according to UN agency the World Meteorological Organization.

Artificial photosynthesis closer to reality

Posted October 15, 2011 - 11:17 by Lauren Craig, EarthTechling

 Photosynthesis is the process that allows plants to use solar energy to convert carbon dioxide (CO2) and water into sugars and other hydrocarbons.   

Chatting bacteria hike atmospheric CO2

Posted October 13, 2011 - 08:50 by Kate Taylor

Bacteria in the ocean are communicating and cooperating in a phenomenon which could be having a significant impact on the planet's climate.

Mystery deepens over ice age rise in CO2

Posted October 4, 2011 - 07:43 by Emma Woollacott

The large increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide at the end of the last ice age wasn't released by the oceans, scientists have concluded.

Underground CO2 storage safe, say scientists

Posted September 14, 2011 - 05:27 by Kate Taylor

Storing carbon dioxide underground poses little threat to health, scientists from the University of Edinburgh claim.

Polar sea ice could recover if CO2 levels fall

Posted August 18, 2011 - 05:18 by Emma Woollacott

Good news, for once: new research indicates that, for polar sea ice at least, there's no 'tipping point' from which recovery is impossible.

Multiferroic alloy turns waste heat to energy

Posted June 30, 2011 - 11:16 by  Jasmine Greene, EarthTechling  

Engineering researchers at the University of Minnesota have discovered a new alloy capable of converting heat directly into electricity.   

Comet is 'hyperactive' say astronomers

Posted June 17, 2011 - 07:54 by Emma Woollacott

Comet Hartley 2 is an excitable little chap - in a class of its own, say astronomers.

CO2 emissions hit record high

Posted May 31, 2011 - 04:01 by Emma Woollacott

After 2009's dip in carbon emissions caused by the world economic crisis, levels hit a record high last year.

Intense global warming was frequent in ancient past

Posted March 17, 2011 - 06:24 by Kate Taylor

Frequent periods of intense global warming took place in the distant past, say researchers at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Chevy to weatherize Maine homes? 

Posted February 6, 2011 - 12:45 by Susan DeFreitas, EarthTechling 

Is it penance for all those old Chevrolet/GM gas-guzzlers still on the road? Forward-looking environmental stewardship? Basic good-neighborliness?   A combination of all three?

Martian sand dunes on the move

Posted February 4, 2011 - 08:37 by Kate Taylor

Scientists have been surprised to discover that Martian sand dunes long thought to be static are in fact changing quite fast.

Cassini finds oxygen atmosphere around Saturnian moon

Posted November 26, 2010 - 09:18 by Emma Woollacott

The Cassini-Huygens mission has identified an oxygen-carbon dioxide atmosphere around Saturn's second-biggest moon, Rhea - the first time a spacecraft has captured an oxygen atmosphere from a world other than Earth.

Slowing population growth could have big effect on emissions

Posted October 12, 2010 - 05:00 by Emma Woollacott

A new study from the National Center for Atmospheric Research and other bodies aims to quantify the effects of population growth on carbon dioxide emissions, and concludes that it could make a big difference.