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3.5 million ha of Indonesian and Malaysian forest converted for palm oil in 20 years

2013-11-12 23:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Some 3.5 million hectares (8.7 million acres) of forest in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Papua New Guinea was converted for oil palm plantations between 1990 and 2010, finds a comprehensive set of assessments released by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). The research, conducted by an international team of scientists from a range of institutions, is presented in a series of seven academic papers that estimate change in land use and greenhouse gas emissions from oil palm expansion in the...

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Middle school campus in Chicago will be converted to military program

2013-10-30 17:53:00| American School & University

The Marine Math and Science Academy will move to the building that now houses Ames Middle School Schoolhouse Beat read more

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Could carbon dioxide be converted to electricity?

2013-07-25 17:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mother Nature Network: Here's an interesting idea: What if the carbon dioxide (CO2) produced by power plants while they generate electricity could be converted into a source of additional electricity? That's the idea behind a new paper published this week in the journal Environmental Science & Technology Letters. Written by a team of researchers in the Netherlands, the paper describes how CO2 could be mixed with a fluid electrolyte, generating electrical energy in the process. A press release from the American Chemical...

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