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Social pollution masks? Winning wearable tech ideas
2013-02-21 09:00:00| CNET News.com
Frog Design asked designers to invent wearable tech concepts, with results ranging from interactive tree displays to a wristband that helps wearers navigate NY subways. [Read more]
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Nitrogen Pollution Soars in China
2013-02-20 23:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: Nitrogen-containing pollutants from agriculture, transport and industry in China has increased by more than half in 30 years, a study shows, adding to concerns about the countrys deteriorating environment. Rapid economic growth in China has driven high levels of nitrogen emissions in the past few decades, says Zhang Fusuo, an agriculture researcher at the China Agricultural University in Beijing and a co-author of the study. Once emitted into the air, key nitrogen pollutants ammonia and...
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Australia: Plants soaking up carbon pollution: report
2013-02-20 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AAP: PLANTS and soils absorbed one third of the carbon pollution released from burning fossil fuels in Australia over the past two decades, a CSIRO study has found. But the report's main author said this didn't mean the environment was finding new ways of dealing with man-made climate change, warning the biosphere wouldn't be able to store excess carbon forever. The three-year study saw scientists put a value on the amount of carbon cycled through the atmosphere from plants and soil "breathing"....
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Study finds oil and gas drilling caused air pollution in West
2013-02-20 07:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Denver Post: A comprehensive analysis of emissions and ozone pollution in the Uintah Basin in eastern Utah concluded that the primary source is oil and gas operations. The oil-field operations created about 99 percent of the volatile organic chemical emissions and about 70 percent of the nitrogen oxides emitted in the basin. "It isn't surprising, this is a rural area," said Brock LeBaron, who managed the study for the Utah Department of Environmental Quality. Across the West -- from Colorado's Front...
Pollution Does Not Change The Rate Of Droplet Formation In Clouds
2013-02-19 13:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: A little bit of oily and viscous organic material doesn`t seem to matter much when it comes to forming the droplets that make up clouds. This is good news for reducing the uncertainty of climate model predictions. For accurate climate modeling, understanding cloud formation is essential. This understanding has to start with droplet formation, which occurs when water vapor is attracted to particles floating in the atmosphere. These particles include dust, sea salt from the ocean, microorganisms,...
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