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São Paulo study finds concentration of ultrafine particulates rose by 1/3 in switch from ethanol to gasoline

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Geiger and Alberto Salvo, an associate professor of economics at the National University of Singapore, led the study—their second with São Paulo big data. Officials, Geiger said, will need to weigh the increase in ozone against the decrease in nanoparticles when ethanol is used.

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Flying first class on a single domestic round trip can contribute more greenhouse gas emissions than a year of driving

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airline (San Francisco to Santa Rosa); the longest flight within the continental United States (Seattle to Miami); and the longest flight in the world (New York to Singapore). by adding an amount that corresponds to the direct portion of emissions. (A A documentation for the myclimate calculator includes other aspects of the method used.).

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