Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2009

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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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2009

An understanding of the rate of carbon release is necessary to estimate the strength of positive feedback to climate change, a likely consequence of permafrost thaw. The new research was funded by the US Department of Energy and by NCAR’s sponsor, the National Science Foundation. Nature 459, 556-559 doi: 10.1038/nature08031.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2009

Increasing population, heightened per capita water demands, regional droughts, and concerns over climate change have combined to make water issues even more pressing. Such technologies should offer alternatives to the conventional practice of pumping unfrozen water from tundra lakes.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

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