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Warm Arctic Waters Emit Carbon, Though Region Carbon Sink Overall
2013-12-04 20:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: The Arctic Ocean has has long been known as a carbon sink, but a new study suggests that while the frigid waters do store large quantities of carbon, parts of the ocean also emit atmospheric carbon dioxide. Researchers from MIT constructed a model to simulate the effect of sea ice loss in the Arctic, finding that as the region loses its ice, it is becoming more of a carbon sink, taking on about one additional megaton of carbon each year between 1996 and 2007. But while the Arctic is taking on...
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Arctic Ocean: Carbon Sink or Carbon Source?
2013-12-04 18:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: For the past three decades, as the climate has warmed, the massive plates of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean have shrunk: in 2007, scientists observed nearly 50 percent less summer ice than had been seen in 1980. While the Arctic Ocean as a whole seems to be storing more carbon than in previous years, the increase in carbon sink capacity may not be as large as scientists predicted. Photo credit: NASA`s Aqua satellite shows the receding Arctic sea ice, Sept. 3, 2010. Dramatic changes in ice cover...
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Ocean crust could store many centuries industrial carbon dioxide
2013-12-04 16:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Researchers from the University of Southampton have identified regions beneath the oceans where the igneous rocks of the upper ocean crust could safely store very large volumes of carbon dioxide. The burning of fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas has led to dramatically increasing concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere causing climate change and ocean acidification. Although technologies are being developed to capture CO2 at major sources such as power stations, this will only avoid...
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Should EPA Mirror The Carbon Pollution Standards Set By The Northeastern States?
2013-12-04 14:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Forbes: Final federal rules for existing coal plants and how much carbon dioxide they can emit are forthcoming. And one such regional organization is encouraging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to follow its lead, which the nine northeastern states say could become a national model. The added spotlight is coming as EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy prepares to travel to China next week, which along with the United States, are the two biggest emitters of greenhouse gases that most scientists say is...
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First Alert Carbon Monoxide Alarm could save your life
2013-12-04 05:38:54| Biotech - Topix.net
Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless killer. E.R. physician Dr. Travis Stork explains symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning and what to do if it happens to you.
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