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Green Car Congress
JANUARY 30, 2010
Decadal warming rates arising from (i) greenhouse gases and aerosols alone (black); (ii) that obtained including the stratospheric water decline after 2000 (red); and (iii) including both the stratospheric water vapor decline after 2000 and the increase in the 1980s and 1990s (cyan). Credit: Solomon et al., Click to enlarge.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 15, 2009
It is clear from these results that mass loss from Greenland has been accelerating since the late 1990s and the underlying causes suggest this trend is likely to continue in the near future. Moreover, a significant part of the additional meltwater refroze in the cold snowpack that covers the ice sheet. Tags: Brief.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 22, 2010
The study, which also involved the University of East Anglia (UK) and other global institutions, is part of the annual carbon budget update by the Global Carbon Project. Tags: Brief. Global carbon dioxide emissions show no sign of abating and may reach record levels in 2010, according to a study led by the University of Exeter (UK).
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 17, 2009
The authors, under the umbrella of the Global Carbon Project , reported a 29% increase in global CO 2 emissions from fossil fuel between 2000 and 2008 (the latest year for which figures are available), and by 41% between 2008 and 1990, the reference year of the Kyoto Protocol. Tags: Climate Change Emissions. Le Quéré C et al.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 9, 2009
The United Kingdom’s Met (Meteorological) Office announced that the 2000-2009 decade “ has been, by far, the warmest decade on the instrumental record ”, and that 2009 is on track to become the fifth warmest year in the past 160 years, continuing the warming trend that has accelerated since the 1970s. Tags: Climate Change.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 27, 2010
spreader to perform a “dash roll” of a pre-production Chevrolet Volt, as part of a demonstration at the 2010 Fire-Rescue Conference. OnStar employs approximately 2000 application advisors, and responds to roughly 10,000 requests for emergency services each month, including around 2,000 crash events. International in Chicago.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 4, 2010
Approximately 40-45% of carbon emissions emitted every year remain in the atmosphere, with the balance absorbed as part of the Earth’s carbon cycle. Estimated carbon emissions and uptake, 1850-2000, including the Earth’s as yet unidentified carbon sink. Tags: Climate Change Climate models Emissions Land use. Source: Woods Hole.
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