Greenhouse Gases

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Limit palm oil development to lands that store less than 40 tons of carbon,ha - study

A new study finds oil palm plantations store less carbon than previously believed, suggesting that palm oil produced through the conversion of tropical forests carries a substantial carbon debt.

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Cutting greenhouse gases now would save world from worst global warming scenarios

If nations worked together to produce large cuts in greenhouse gases, the world would be saved from global warming's worst-case-scenarios.

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Reader Report: The World's First Real Time Carbon Counter

Last Thursday was the launch of the Know The Number greenhouse gas emissions counter: the first real-time counter that advertises the increasing amount of carbon in the atmosphere.

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New greenhouse gas '4,800 times more potent' than carbon

Scientists from MIT and Scipps Institution of Oceanography have announced the discovery of an exceptionally potent new greenhouse gas.

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Aquatic animals emit powerful greenhouse gas

A number of water-dwelling species emit the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide

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China Becomes Electric

China is pushing to drastically overhaul their automobile fleet, replacing it with electric cars.

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Studies Indicate Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Ships Pose Serious Health Risk to Coastal Regions

Large oceangoing ships are some of the worst emitters of greenhouse gases out there, and a new study has found that the sulfur content present in shipping fuel may be the cause of serious health problems and even fatalities in coastal regions