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Carbon absorbed by Amazon has halved since 90s, says study
2015-03-19 16:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: A study has found that the net carbon uptake of the Amazon forest as halved since the 1990s. Researchers warn that the findings have implications for climate change and emission reduction targets. The research, which was led by the University of Leeds and published in the journal Nature, notes that the amount of carbon absorbed by the Amazon peaked in the 90s at two billion tonnes each year, however, this has halved and is now, for the first time, being overtaken by fossil fuel emissions in Latin...
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Amazon rainforest soaking up less carbon as trees die young
2015-03-19 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Amazon rainforest's ability to soak up greenhouse gases from the air has fallen sharply, possibly because climate change and droughts mean more trees are dying, an international team of scientists said on Wednesday. The world's biggest rainforest has soaked up vast amounts of carbon dioxide. Plants use the heat-trapping gas to grow and release it when they rot or burn, but the report said that role in offsetting global warming may be under threat. The study, of 321 plots in parts of the Amazon...
EPA's carbon rule could spur $2.5B in power line investment
2015-03-19 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: As coal-fired power plants go offline under U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan, building new power lines to bring renewable energy to customers could spur $1.5 billion to $2.5 billion in investment over the next five years, according to an analysis by the consulting group ICF International. The firm said the figure is a conservative estimate, based on calculating what new transmission might be necessary in the system of the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) and then extrapolating those levels...
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Coal bust may be behind stall in carbon emissions
2015-03-17 22:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: THE link between economic growth and rising greenhouse gas emissions may have finally been broken. Last week, we learned that carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels failed to rise in 2014 the first time that has happened without an economic downturn. Now we know why. Although coal plant construction tripled globally after 2005, that boom is turning to bust. An analysis by CoalSwarm, a think tank supported by the Sierra Club and other US NGOs, has found that since 2010 hundreds of coal...
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PlastiComp and Xenia Partner to Develop Applications for Carbon Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites
2015-03-17 11:31:13| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
PARIS, FRANCE PlastiComp, Inc., a global leader in long fiber thermoplastic (LFT) materials and technologies, and Xenia, a materials development company specializing in carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic composites, announced at JEC Europe 2015 that they have entered into a strategic partnership. As part of the...
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