Carbon capture and storage: rubbish collection for the atmosphere
How carbon storage, now being tried out in Cyprus, could prove to be an efficient fix to CO2 emissions
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Earth continues to experience warmer temperatures: NASA
NASA Finds 2013 Sustained Long-Term Climate Warming Trend. Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas that traps heat and plays a major role in controlling changes to Earth’s climate. It occurs naturally and also is emitted by the burning of fossil fuels for energy. Driven by increasing man-made emissions, the level of carbon dioxide in … Read more
The carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere surpass a historic threshold
Historic carbon peak soon to become global average Observed concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere have exceeded the symbolic 400 parts per million (ppm) threshold at several stations of the World Meteorological Organization’s Global Atmosphere Watch network. This is a wakeup call about the constantly rising levels of this greenhouse gas, which is … Read more
The ninth warmest of any year since 1880: NASA report
NASA‘s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York, which monitors global surface temperatures on an ongoing basis, released an updated analysis that compares temperatures around the globe in 2012 to the average global temperature from the mid-20th century. The comparison shows how Earth continues to experience warmer temperatures than several decades ago. NASA … Read more