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Permafrost microbes signal more carbon dioxide is coming

Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), the Earth Sciences Division (ESD) within Berkeley Lab, and the U...

Nobel Prize winner resigns from scientific group over its global warming claims

Nobel laureate Ivar Giaever has resigned as a Fellow from the American Physical Society (APS) over the organization’s claim that the evidence...

Plankton: Proven origin of Earth’s oxygen

Matthew Saltzman of Ohio State University led a group of researchers who have chemically determined the time and the source of the Earth’s...

Screwing up the climate - Climate change irreversible for 1,000 years

A new study by Canadian researchers proposes that no matter what we do damage from manmade climate change will continue for 1,000 years. The first...

Carbon emissions drop slightly due to the global economic crisis: study

Follow me on TwitterThe Great Recession has been horrible for most, but it might have been a boon for polar bears. Worldwide emissions of carbon...

U.S. coal consumption trends

U.S. coal consumption has fallen since 2008, mainly due to decreased demand because of the recession. Most coal is burned to generate electricity....

Switching to natural gas will reduce emissions

Following is the chemical details on carbon content in fossil fuels: Fossil fuels, which constitute the majority of fuel sources currently used on...

Clean Air Act causing conversions of coal-fired power plants to natural gas

Coal-fired power plants are being converted to natural gas by utilities because of the Clean Air Act. Utilities are required to reduce the emission...