Remember the difference between weather and climate? We know what happens when the weather changes—it’s obvious. Climate is another story. Read on. When it rains, you put on a raincoat … [Read full article]
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Earth Would Still Get Warmer if Greenhouse Emissions Stopped Now
On the whole, a lot of people agree that something needs to be done to stop global warming. Whether they believe it is happening or not, is sometimes not the … [Read full article]
Trade Winds in Tropical Atlantic Have Weakened
With 70% of our planet covered with water, understanding the effect it has on our lives and the world around us is important, but sadly, the necessity for understanding it … [Read full article]
Methane Causes Less Carbon Uptake
New research has discovered what one researcher labelled an “accounting error” in the current calculations of how much carbon is absorbed by continents. According to the new research to be … [Read full article]
Waterways Increasing Nitrous Oxide in Atmosphere
“Runoff from agricultural and urban watersheds has increased the availability of nitrogen in streams and rivers, greatly increasing nitrous oxide production rates,” said Jake Beaulieu, a postdoctoral researcher at the … [Read full article]
Cut Soot and Save the Arctic
A new study says that cutting soot emissions is the best way to save the rapidly melting Arctic. Soot emissions are a result of burning fossil fuel, wood, and dung, … [Read full article]
Curbing Greenhouse Emissions Will Be A Challenge
Since the monumental failure of the Copenhagen summit in December, one must wonder how we’ll ever avert catastrophe. [social_buttons]Instead of coming out of the climate change conference in Copenhagen with … [Read full article]
Reducing Greenhouse Pollutants will Save Millions of Lives
[social_buttons] New research out of the UK shows definitively that reducing greenhouse gases can save millions of lives around the world. The research makes use of case studies to demonstrate … [Read full article]
Growing Acid in our Oceans: A Looming Threat to Sea Life
[social_buttons] This picture is a picture of the beautiful Monterey, California coastline. This is where I grew up. It is famous for it’s beautiful sea life. Sea otters, jelly fish, … [Read full article]
Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary, How Does Your Garden Grow? Vertically?
Lettuce and biodiesel too, that’s the plan of Glen Kertz, CEO of Valcent Products of El Paso, TX. Kertz, who has worked in the greenhouse business for nearly two decades, … [Read full article]