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NEWS ABOUT: carbon

carbon stories: 14 news summaries

 Jellyfish Journeys 
 May Affect Climate 

Creatures' movements may carry carbon dioxide to ocean depths

Jul 30, 09 8:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jellyfish may be secretly affecting the climate of the oceans: Their movements appear to help change the balance of carbon in the atmosphere, NPR reports. Many jellyfish hide from predators deep underwater during the day and head to the surface at night for a snack, says an oceanographer. When they... More »

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climate change • environment • carbon dioxide • global warming • water • study • ocean • research • carbon • jellyfish

(Newser) - A diamond company plans to turn the King of Pop's hair into bling, the New York Daily News reports. Company officials claim they have a lock of Michael Jackson's hair—obtained from the producer of the Pepsi commercial that set the singer's hair ablaze—and it intends to extract the... More »

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hair • celebrity • carbon • diamond • Michael Jackson • Beethoven • celebrity death

OPINION

 The Climate Change 
 Bill Is Awful—Now Pass It 




'Pathetic' Waxman-Markey at least puts a price on carbon: Friedman

Jul 1, 09 7:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Waxman-Markey is a "pathetic" and "appalling" bill that totally fails to respond to the urgency of climate change—and it should be passed by the Senate and signed into law straight away, writes Thomas Friedman. For the New York Times columnist, the flawed legislation has one great... More »

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climate change • Barack Obama • Congress • environment • global warming • cap and trade • carbon trading • carbon • Thomas Friedman • House Republicans • Waxman-Markey

(Newser) - The California government is preparing to enter into the "forest bank" business in a bid to save woodlands and battle carbon pollution and climate change, reports the Los Angeles Times. The state is expected to roll out a California "cabon market" that may be expanded elsewhere in... More »

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California • pollution • carbon footprint • carbon offsets • carbon • air pollution • logging • timber • carbon emissions • redwoods

GLOSSIES

 Satellites Eye Climate Change  

Japan, US to monitor carbon emissions from orbit

Feb 14, 09 3:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Japan and the US are using satellites to study global warming, the Economist reports. Last month Japan launched Ibuki—meaning breath—a satellite that will gather data from 56,000 points around the globe. America’s equivalent, the Orbital Carbon Observatory, will launch at the end of the month. Researchers... More »

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climate change • global warming • carbon • satellite • power plant • carbon emissions

(Newser) - Scientists have genetically engineered the E. coli bacteria to produce a carbon-rich alcohol molecule equivalent in energy to gasoline, Popular Mechanics reports. The “long-chain” alcohol does not occur in nature, but with six to eight atoms of carbon, it is far more efficient than ethanol, which has only... More »

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E. coli • alcohol • biofuel • biodiesel • carbon • UCLA • scientific research • jet fuel • gasoline

ANALYSIS

Science Promises Cleaner Biofuels; Greens Wary

'Understanding the risks' of genetically engineered microbes is essential, some say

Jan 5, 09 4:54 PM CST
(Newser) - The future of alternative energy may lie with genetically engineered microbes that can efficiently convert sugar, or even sewage, into fuel, Yale Environment 360 reports. Small biotechs are using the tools of “synthetic biology” to create organisms that produce a range of carbon fuels without the extra energy expended... More »

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greenhouse gases • biofuel • carbon • cellulose • microbe • sewage • sugar cane • synthetic biology

 Nuke Tests 
 Left Mark on 
 Trees, People 

Scientists can date humans and trees by the extra carbon in their systems

Nov 16, 08 4:04 PM CST
(Newser) - Scientists can now carbon-date baby boomers by detecting atomic bomb residue in their DNA, NPR reports. Turns out that carbon-14 released during above-ground nuclear tests in the 1950s and '60s hung around, then was absorbed into living tissue, experts say. Evidence, in the form of extra carbon neutrons, has been... More »

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baby boomer • trees • carbon • atomic bomb • radiocarbon dating • carbon date

OPINION

 Gore: 5 Steps to Save Planet 

Nobel laureate calls on Obama, new Congress to act now

Nov 9, 08 12:11 PM CST
(Newser) - The road to energy efficiency is paved with the same solutions needed to fix the economic crisis, Al Gore writes in a New York Times op-ed. Dismissing proposals for domestic drilling, the climate crusader says, “We simply cannot any longer base the strategy for human survival on a cynical... More »

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climate change • Barack Obama • energy • Congress • Middle East • Al Gore • power grid • carbon • renewable energy • auto industry • foreign oil • sustainability

 Methane Found on Far-off Planet

Compound, crucial ingredient in early-life chemistry, detected 63 light years away

Mar 19, 08 4:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Methane, one of the simplest compounds known to play a role in the chemical genesis of life, was discovered for the first time to exist on a planet outside Earth’s solar system, the BBC reports. The planet, designated HD 189733b, is 63 light years away and also contains water,... More »

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Hubble • space • methane • extraterrestrial life • Spitzer orbiting telescope • carbon • Jupiter • extrasolar planets • gas giant • prebiotic chemicals • organic compounds

Rainforests Still Fall
at Shocking Rates

Summit proposes financial rewards for conservation efforts

Feb 3, 08 5:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Rainforests continue to vanish at "alarming" rates worldwide despite decades of scientific warnings, experts say. Tropical trees are falling at 60 acres per minute—up 10 from a generation ago—accounting for roughly 20% of Earth's carbon emissions. Environmental leaders plan to preserve forests with a carbon trading system,... More »

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climate change • environment • United Nations • rainforest • carbon • deforestation

Katrina
Death Toll: 320M Trees

Hurricane's impact on forests leads to massive CO2 release

Nov 16, 07 12:53 PM CST
(Newser) - Hurricane Katrina killed 320 million trees in Mississippi and Louisiana, and the die-off is affecting the atmosphere as well as the landscape. Decaying trees will release about 367 million tons of carbon dioxide, equal to the amount released in a whole season of US forest fires, the LA Times reports.... More »

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climate change • Hurricane Katrina • New Orleans • Louisiana • carbon • deforestation • Mississippi • Gulf Coast

CO2 Emissions Soared From 2000 to 2004

Greenhouse gas increase tripled over '90s rate

May 22, 07 6:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Worldwide carbon dioxide emissions boomed between 2000 and 2004, a new study shows. Output of the greenhouse gas accelerated by 3.1% each year, compared to a 1.1% rate during the '90s, according to the National Academy of Sciences, faster than all but the most dire forecasts. More »

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China • pollution • greenhouse gases • India • global warming • carbon • carbon intensity • carbon emissions

Climate Change Accelerates

Global warming impedes oceans' carbon absorption, leading to ... global warming

May 18, 07 9:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Oceans that absorb a quarter of all the carbon belched into the atmosphere every day are losing their capacity to do so, accelerating global warming by as much as 30%. New research, which focuses on the compromised ability of Antarctica's Southern Ocean to soak up carbon emissions, suggests that climate... More »

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climate change • environment • global warming • Antarctica • carbon • carbon sinks • carbon emissions

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