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Study shows the effect that growing beaver population is having on habitat & methane gas emissions
2014-12-19 16:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: There are consequences of the successful efforts worldwide to save beavers from extinction. Along with the strong increase in their population over the past 100 years, these furry aquatic rodents have built many more ponds, establishing vital aquatic habitat. In doing so, however, they have created conditions for climate changing methane gas to be generated in this shallow standing water, and the gas is subsequently released into the atmosphere. In fact, 200 times more of this greenhouse gas is released...
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Report Suggests Forest-Cutting Can Have an Immediate Effect on Climate
2014-12-19 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: The critical role that vast tropical forests such as Brazils Amazon play in suppressing climate change is well known: They store huge quantities of carbon, acting as carbon sinks. But as a report out this week argues, scientists are making the case that cutting down these forests does more than simply release carbon into the atmosphere -- it has a direct and more immediate effect on the climate, from changes in rainfall patterns to increases in temperatures. The amount of water that forests...
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Could New York's Fracking Ban Have Domino Effect?
2014-12-18 22:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: New York's decision to ban fracking for health reasons could reverberate beyond the state, bolstering other efforts to limit the controversial method of drilling for oil and natural gas. While two dozen U.S. municipalities and at least two countries, Bulgaria and France, have also adopted bans, states have been slower to act. Fracking opponents say New York, which surprised them Wednesday with the boldest move of any state so far, will change that. "It definitely has a national political impact...
EIA: price of gasoline tends to have little effect on travel demand; price elasticity has fallen
2014-12-15 18:55:32| Green Car Congress
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New food labelling rules to come into effect in Europe
2014-12-12 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology
New European food labelling rules are coming into effect this week will help consumers have accurate and comprehensive information on food content.
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