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Study finds global carbon emissions reached 10 billion tonnes in 2010

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Published in the journal Nature Climate Change , the new analysis shows fossil fuel emissions increased by 5.9% each year between 2000 and 2010—three times the rate of increase during the 1990s. The office will support the annual publication of emissions statistics for the atmosphere, ocean and land reservoirs.

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Video Friday: Liquid Metal Bubble Actuator

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In a quest to ease some of said burdens, researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), Autodesk Research, and Texas A&M University came up with a method to automatically assemble products that’s accurate, efficient and generalizable to a wide range of complex real-world assemblies. UPenn ].

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Study finds rising temperatures increase risk of unhealthy ozone levels absent sharp cuts in precursors

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Warmer temperatures and other changes in the atmosphere related to a changing climate, including higher atmospheric levels of methane, spur the chemical reactions that lead to ozone. To examine the impacts of climate change on ozone pollution, NCAR scientist Gabriele Pfister and her colleagues looked at two scenarios.

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Constant Ratio Of Airborne To Absorbed CO2 In Carbon Cycle May Indicate Resilient Carbon Sinks

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Source: Wolfgang Knorr, Bristol University. The study, which was conducted by Wolfgang Knorr of the University of Bristol, UK, may have implications for upcoming climate negotiations, particularly with regard to deforestation and other land-use changes. Thinner lines represent observed. Click to enlarge. per decade.

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