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Dinosaur flatuence may have warmed the Mesozoic climate

Dave Wilkinson of Liverpool John Moores University, Graeme Ruxton from the University of St. Andrews, and methane expert Euan Nisbet at the...
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Tipping points: Ocean, forest, permafrost, revolution [2]

[continued from Part 1] According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, 80% of the world's fisheries are fully-exploited to over...
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BP to try new ways to stop oil leak

BP has set aside the large containment dome and are evaluating either using a smaller dome or trying to plug the leak by forcing pieces of rubber...
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Methane Gas Hydrates causing problems for capping oil leak

Methane gas escaping from the leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico is causing problems with the plan to cap the well. At the very high pressure 5000...
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Bloom Energy could help fight climate change

Bloom Energy makes the Bloom Energy Server; a fuel cell that turns methane gas into electricity. It has the advantage that it can be located in...
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Methane Gas in the atmosphere on the rise

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  • October 25, 2008
Methane gas in our atmosphere rose by 27 million tons last year after 10 years of virtually no increase. There is now 5.6 billion tons of methane...
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Arctic sea ice second lowest coverage on record

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  • September 23, 2008
NASA reported that Arctic sea ice reached its lowest extent for the year on September 16th. Each year the sea ice cover contracts during the summer...
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The Types of Fossil Fuel We Use Makes a Difference in Global Warming

The difference in the types of fossil fuels burned has interesting implications for energy policy as it affects global warming. For example,...
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The World Might Suddenly Start Warming Faster

There is a lot of disagreement on how fast we are warming up. The rate that the world is warming is important to understand because is affects the...
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