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Chevron / Toyota road trip demonstrates renewable gasoline blend

Green Car Congress

People from Chevron and Toyota will be driving Toyota’s Tundra, RAV4 and Camry on this road trip with the objective of demonstrating the fuel, which is more than 40% less carbon intensive than traditional gasoline on a lifecycle basis, according to Chevron.

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IPCC Scientist Says Climate Change Likely to Accelerate More Quickly and Be More Damaging Than Predicted

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Without decisive action, climate change this century is likely to accelerate at a much faster pace and cause more environmental damage than predicted, according to Professor Chris Field of Stanford University, and a leading member of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Chris Field.

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Researchers Predict Permafrost Thaw Will Intensify Climate Change More Quickly Than Previously Thought; Melting of Greenland Icesheet Could Drive More Water Than Previously Thought to North American Northeast

Green Car Congress

As areas with permafrost thaw and more old carbon is released, the carbon balance changes. Permafrost thaw will make potentially significant contributions to atmospheric concentrations of carbon more rapidly that previously thought, according to a new study published in the 28 May issue of the journal Nature. Click to enlarge.

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Study Finds East Siberian Arctic Shelf Showing Instability and Widespread Venting of the GHG Methane; Releases May Be Much Larger and Faster Than Anticipated

Green Car Congress

Methane is a greenhouse gas more than 30 times more potent than carbon dioxide. These findings do change our view of the vulnerability of the large sub-sea permafrost carbon reservoir on the ESAS; the permafrost “lid” is clearly perforated, and sedimentary CH 4 is escaping to the atmosphere. The permafrost under the ESAS—a 2.1

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NOAA Arctic Report Card finds Arctic entering into new phase: warmer, greener, and less ice

Green Car Congress

Acidification of sea water (“ocean acidification”) as a result of carbon dioxide absorption has also been documented in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas. Land: Arctic tundra vegetation continues to increase and is associated with higher air temperatures over most of the Arctic land mass.

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myenergi’s Ultimate Guide To Greenland

My Energi

Along the north-central coast, the climate is arctic and summer temperature average around freezing – 0 degrees Celsius. In the south the climate is milder. The country’s plant life is characterised as ‘Tundra Vegetation’ as is consists of plants like sedge and cotton grass. Environmental Data.

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Our EV warrior

Electric Auto Association

Tijuana to the tundra Hall’s EV advocacy took another form when he became the first person to drive an EV from the U.S. The second focus of Hall’s attention is working with municipalities attempting to reduce their carbon footprint. At the end of the day, we add it all up,” he said. Mexican border to the Canadian Yukon and into Alaska.

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