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New approach measures how much carbon dioxide comes from mine drainage
2016-06-20 05:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: The collective estimated amount of carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere from 140 coal mines across Pennsylvania is the equivalent to that of a small power plant, a new West Virginia University study finds. Dorothy Vesper, associate professor in the Department of Geology and Geography at West Virginia University, and her research team, are using a meter designed for measuring carbon dioxide in beverages to more accurately measure the gas in mine drainage water. Using measurements from...
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Carbon capture: UK paid firms 30m despite scrapping projects
2016-06-19 15:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The government has handed out almost 30m to Shell and other companies for work on carbon capture and storage (CCS) despite scrapping their projects, which could have played a role in beating climate change. The payments, revealed in a written parliamentary answer, come as the UK government is about to host the international Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum despite having just scrapped a 1bn CCS research programme. It also means that more than 230m has been spent on CCS since 2011 and...
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Every observatory in the world now reports carbon dioxide is at highest level in 4 million years
2016-06-19 14:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mashable: One by one, the observatories sounded the alarm in the past few years--from the peak of Mauna Loa in Hawaii, and the top of the Greenland ice sheet--as the amount of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere crept above 400 parts per million (ppm). The last alarm bells went off this week, when scientists announced that the Halley Research Station in Antarctica, as well as a monitoring post at the geographic South Pole, both located amid the most pristine air on the planet, have now passed the 400...
Antarctica carbon dioxide levels breach red line
2016-06-19 00:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
UK Progressive: In May 2013, the carbon dioxide monitoring station at Mauna Loa, Hawaii, recorded a major milestone the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide had crossed the symbolic red line of 400 parts per million for the first time since record-keeping began. Now, three years and several record-breaking months later, the last station on Earth without a 400 ppm reading has finally reached it. In a statement released Wednesday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) revealed that,...
Is Norway ready to go carbon neutral?
2016-06-18 15:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: The Norwegian parliament voted this week to become carbon neutral by 2030. That appears to mean that the nation's net carbon footprint would be reduced to zero over the next 14 years. This is a direct response to the commitments Norway took on by ratifying the Paris agreement and means that we will have to step up our climate action dramatically, said supporter Rasmus Hansson, the leader in parliament of the Norwegian Green Party, The Guardian reported. The announcement comes amidst a chain...
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