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LIGHT-POLLUTED AMERICA'S FIRST INTERNATIONAL DARK SKY RESERVE GOES TO IDAHO'S SAWTOOTHS
BOISE, IDAHO - A giant chunk of central Idaho with a dazzling night sky has become the nation's first International Dark Sky Reserve... READ MORE›
LIGHT POLLUTION AT NIGHT SEEN INCREASING WORLDWIDE AMID SURGE IN LED USE
Asia, Africa and South America, for the most part, saw a surge in artificial night lighting... READ MORE›
WHY THE NIGHTS ARE GETTING BRIGHTER BUT NOT IN A GOOD WAY
Asia, Africa and South America, for the most part, saw a surge in artificial night lighting... READ MORE›
FAREWELL TO NIGHT? LIGHT POLLUTION REDUCING DARKNESS WORLDWIDE
Thus, the study may have actually underestimated the problem of light pollution around the world... READ MORE›
GLOBAL ATMOSPHERIC CO2 LEVELS HIT RECORD HIGH
The new report has raised alarm among scientists and prompted calls for nations to consider more drastic emissions reductions at the upcoming climate negotiations in Bonn... READ MORE›
CONCENTRATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE IN ATMOSPHERE HITS RECORD HIGH, U.N. SAYS
Concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere surged at a record-breaking speed in 2016, the World Meteorological Organization said... READ MORE›
CONCENTRATION OF CO2 IN ATMOSPHERE HITS RECORD HIGH
The Greenhouse Gas Bulletin, the UN weather agency's annual flagship report, tracks the continent of dangerous gasses in atmosphere in the post-industrial era since 1750 ... READ MORE›
ENERGY FIRMS BACK INVESTMENT INTO DIESEL ENGINE
Another investment is into Solidia Technologies, a US-based cement and concrete production company that uses carbon dioxide instead of water in curing cement... READ MORE›
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HUMANS ON THE VERGE OF CAUSING EARTH'S FASTEST CLIMATE CHANGE IN 50M YEARS
A new study published in Nature Communications looks at changes in solar activity and carbon dioxide levels over the past 420 million years... READ MORE›
US SCIENTISTS FIND NEW WAY TO CONVERT CO2 TO GREEN FUEL
Unexpected discovery that produces ethanol could be a building block towards creating a low-carbon energy system... READ MORE›
'NEW ERA OF CLIMATE CHANGE REALITY' AS EMISSIONS HIT SYMBOLIC THRESHOLD
Around two-thirds of the warming effect, known as radiative forcing, by long-lived greenhouse gases comes from carbon dioxide... READ MORE›
WE ARE WASTING THE BEAUTIFUL WORLD WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN
Restoring forests could also help, by locking up carbon dioxide that would otherwise escape into the air... READ MORE›
STOP BURNING FOSSIL FUELS NOW: THERE IS NO CO2 'TECHNOFIX', SCIENTISTS WARN
In a thought experiment they tried another option the future dramatic removal of huge volumes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere... READ MORE›
WORLD WILL NEED 'CARBON SUCKING' TECHNOLOGY BY 2030S, SCIENTISTS WARN
I don't think we can have confidence that anything else can do this, the Berlin-based chief executive told a London climate change conference... READ MORE›
AMAZON RAINFOREST LOSING CAPACITY TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE AS TREES DIE
For the first time in history, carbon dioxide absorption by the Amazon rainforest has been surpassed by fossil fuel emissions in Latin America, the study found... READ MORE›
THE WORLD IS RACING TO STOP CLIMATE CHANGE WITH TEMPERATURE GOALS BUT THE MATH DOESNT ADD UP
These scenarios often have the world removing net amounts carbon dioxide from the atmosphere after 2050, rather than putting more there... READ MORE›
LESS LIGHTING HAS NO IMPACT ON CRIME OR COLLISIONS, SAYS REPORT
They found no evidence of a link between reduced street lighting and night-time collisions... READ MORE›
COUNCILS PREPARE TO CUT ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO FUND ADULT SOCIAL CARE
They are allowed to raise council tax by almost 2 percent in 2017 18 to fund local services and a further 3 percent specifically for social care... READ MORE›
MOTOR TAX CASH USED TO FUND IRISH WATER
Two-thirds of funding being given to Irish Water this year by the Government came from motor tax payments, the Dail spending watchdog has heard... READ MORE›
GERMANY FIRES UP 'WORLD'S LARGEST ARTIFICIAL SUN'
Synlight Germany fires up 'world's largest artificial sun' in push for climate-friendly energy... READ MORE›
LIGHT BULB MOMENT: LOW-ENERGY LED WINS NOBEL PRIZE
Citizen Shuji Nakamura won the prize for developing the blue light-emitting diode LED... READ MORE›
ANTARCTIC CO2 HITS 400PPM FOR FIRST TIME IN 4 MILLION YEARS
That's why monitoring carbon dioxide at Mauna Loa, the South Pole and other locations around the world continues to be an important activity... READ MORE›
EL NINO CONTRIBUTES TO NEW HIGH IN CO2 LEVELS
The amount of atmospheric carbon dioxide CO2 in our world is likely to top 410 parts per million ppm this year... READ MORE›
AS APPETITE FOR ELECTRICITY SOARS, THE WORLD KEEPS TURNING TO COAL
Electricity and heat generation is the largest single source of carbon dioxide emissions globally... READ MORE›
CLIMATE URGENCY: WE'VE LOCKED IN MORE GLOBAL WARMING THAN PEOPLE REALIZE | DANA NUCCITELLI
Scientists are researching various technologies to accomplish this, but we've already put over 500 billion tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere... READ MORE›
TWELVE PEOPLE DIE IN TRAFFIC JAM IN INDONESIA AT JUNCTION CALLED 'BREXIT'
More than 400 motorists have died on Indonesia's roads during the holiday season, including those in the Brexit jam, Pramuraharjo said... READ MORE›
AMAZING NASA SIMULATION SHOWS A YEAR'S WORTH OF CARBON EMISSIONS SWIRLING ROUND THE WORLD
"Although this change is expected, we're seeing higher concentrations of carbon dioxide accumulate in the atmosphere each year... READ MORE›
RAINFORESTS ARE BEING DESTROYED BUT THE EARTH IS GETTING GREENER
Through photosynthesis, trees convert carbon dioxide into the food they need to grow, locking the carbon in their wood... READ MORE›
FOSSIL FUEL BURNING 'POSTPONING NEXT ICE AGE'
Sea levels rise and fall by more than 100 metres during global ice ages, and runaway global warming could add another 70m to that... READ MORE›
PLAN FOR 10 BILLION ULTRA-EFFICIENT LEDS LIGHTS UP PARIS CLIMATE SUMMIT
Ikea, the Swedish furniture multinational, committed to sell 500m LED bulbs to its customers by 2020... READ MORE›
'NEXT YEAR OR THE YEAR AFTER, THE ARCTIC WILL BE FREE OF ICE'
Global warming is generally associated with increased fossil-fuel burning and consequent rises in levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide... READ MORE›
GE CUTS THE LIGHTS ON EDISON ERA WITH PLAN TO SELL BULB BUSINESS
The Energy Connections Lighting unit, which includes both GE Lighting and Current, generated a profit margin last year of 2.1 percent, the lowest of GE's manufacturing divisions... READ MORE›
ATMOSPHERE HITS GRIM MILESTONE AS CO2 LEVELS WILL NEVER GO BACK, SCIENTISTS SAY
In a study published in Nature Climate Change, scientists predict that carbon dioxide concentrations will no longer fall below 400 parts per million... READ MORE›
HOW CARBON EMISSIONS TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD
Scientists had previously measured the rising concentration of carbon dioxide for decades using ground-based sensors... READ MORE›
CARBON IN ATMOSPHERE IS RISING, EVEN AS EMISSIONS STABILIZE
Does it mean the natural sponges that have been absorbing carbon dioxide are now changing?... READ MORE›
GLOBAL WARMING: WHAT EXACTLY IS IT?
PARIS - Soon, the world will gather in Paris to forge a global pact to reduce greenhouse gas emissions blamed for dangerous levels of global warming... READ MORE›
OMAN MOUNTAINS SEEN HOLDING KEY TO REVERSING CLIMATE CHANGE
As the world mobilizes to confront climate change, the main focus has been on reducing emissions through fuel efficient cars and cleaner power plants... READ MORE›
DEEP BELOW ICELAND, 'CARBFIX' SCIENTISTS TURN HEAT-TRAPPING CARBON DIOXIDE GAS INTO HARMLESS STONE
Carbon capture is not the silver bullet, but it can contribute significantly to reducing carbon dioxide emissions, Matter said... READ MORE›