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Increasing Carbon Dioxide Levels Causing the Desert to Bloom

2013-07-09 21:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Nature World News: Rising levels of carbon dioxide are causing the desert to bloom, according to a new study published in the journal U.S. Geophysical Research Letters. In all, the researchers found that the increase of CO2 between the years 1982 and 2010 correlated with an 11 percent increase in foliage cover across parts of arid areas under examination in Australia, North America, the Middle East and Africa. The fertilization effect occurs where elevated CO2 enables a leaf during photosynthesis to extract more...

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China's largest algal bloom turns the Yellow Sea green

2013-07-04 18:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: The largest algal bloom ever recorded in China has turned the Yellow Sea green and may be related to pollution from agriculture and industry. Officials in the city of Qingdao had used bulldozers to remove 7,335 tonnes of the growth from beaches according to the Xinhua news agency. The phenomenon has become an annual occurrence in the region over the past six summers. This year's incident has swathed 28 900 sq km (11 158 sq miles), twice as much as the previous biggest bloom in 2008. The...

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Toxic Algal Bloom on Western Lake Erie to be Severe this Summer, NOAA Says

2013-07-04 08:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Nature World News: Toxic algal bloom at Lake Erie is expected to be worse this summer, according to NOAA and its research partners. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said that algal bloom in the lake will probably be larger than last year, but won't be as severe as the record-high bloom of 2011. A report published earlier in June had warned that algal bloom is likely to increase this year due to climate change that resulted in record-breaking rains in the region. The toxic blooms doesn't only...

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Delaware Utilitys Road From Bloom Box to Grid

2013-07-03 20:00:00| ENR.com: Headline News

Delawares campaign to entice Bloom Energy to build a new manufacturing plant in the state and then source energy from a fuel-cell farm to the grid went through a political minefield. Here's how the stakeholders got through it in one piece.

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