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Arctic sunshine cranks up threat from greenhouse gases
2013-02-12 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: IT'S a solar double whammy. Not only does sunlight melt Arctic ice, but it also speeds up the conversion of frozen organic matter into carbon dioxide. The amount of carbon in dead vegetation preserved in the far northern permafrost is estimated to be twice what the atmosphere holds as CO2. Global warming could allow this plant matter to decompose, releasing either CO2 or methane - both greenhouse gases. The extent of the risk remains uncertain because the release mechanisms are not clear. Rose...
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Arctic sunshine revs up greenhouse gases
2013-02-12 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
United Press International: Sunlight in the arctic is delivering a double climate blow, researchers say, by both melting ice and speeding up the release of greenhouse gases. Dead vegetation preserved in far northern permafrost under ice is estimated to contain twice as much carbon dioxide as is held by the atmosphere, and global warming could allow this plant matter to decompose, releasing both that CO2 and methane, they say. Rose Cory at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her colleagues, studying melting...
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The Eternal Sunshine of the Classic Linux Desktop
2013-01-24 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld
Ever since it became clear that GNOME 2 would have an ongoing future in the desktop Linux world after all, flowers have been blooming unseasonably early throughout the Linux blogosphere. It all started with the appearance of MATE and Cinnamon; then it was SolusOS. Since then, Fuduntu made its official debut, as did Consort," SolusOS's brand-new GNOME Classic fork.
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Sunshine Oilsands Ltd. and China Oilfield Services Ltd. intend to cooperate on oilsands technology; possible testing of new thermal recovery technique
2013-01-18 11:30:19| Green Car Congress
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