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Climate Expert: Don't Call It Geoengineering

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The leaders of the world have just returned from the UN's latest climate change summit, COP26 , in which the countries that have signed on to the Paris Agreement upped their commitments to fight climate change. C by the year 2100 , according to Climate Action Tracker. C above pre-industrial levels. In 2015, the U.S.

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IHS Automotive forecasts 88.6M unit global light vehicle market in 2015; 2.4% growth

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However, IHS Automotive analysts still expect light vehicle sales in China to grow by 7% in 2015 to 25.2 The campaign is expected to have a long-lasting effect on premium parts/vehicle prices in China. —Lin Huaibin, manager, China light vehicle sales forecast, IHS Automotive. North America. from last year.

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NASA’s New Earth Space Mission maps methane ‘super-emitters’

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NASA’s Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation ( EMIT ) mission is mapping the prevalence of key minerals in the planet’s dust-producing deserts—information that will advance our understanding of airborne dust’s effects on climate. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. The instrument can also measure carbon dioxide.

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Study finds some improved cookstoves may emit more black carbon pollution than traditional mud cookstoves

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They did the test in real homes as part of Project Surya, which quantifies the impacts of cleaner cooking technologies in a village in India. The particles can be inhaled deeply into the lungs and have been linked to health problems similar to those associated with cigarette smoking.

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Volkswagen Group 2014 sustainability report shows progress on key environmental performance indicators; Strategy 2018 and leadership in e-mobility

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The largest sales market for the Volkswagen Group is the Asia-Pacific region, followed by Western Europe, North America, South America and Central and Eastern Europe. 27 of the 43 Volkswagen brand plants on four continents are currently taking part in the environmental program. This report is a business card of our Group.

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IEA technology and policy reports outline paths to halving fuel used for combustion-engined road transport in less than 40 years

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The IEA roadmap on fuel economy of internal combustion engines is part of the IEA series Technology Roadmaps. The report treats different motorized modes separately, with a focus on light-duty vehicles (LDVs), heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) and powered two-wheelers. Europe, South Asia, South America, etc.).

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Study Finds That Plankton Blooms Do Not Send Atmospheric Carbon to the Deep Ocean; Weakens Iron Fertilization as Geo-Engineering Approach

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The results weaken the applicability of the simplest version of the Iron Hypothesis as a geo-engineering approach to climate change. Martin went further, however, when he suggested that artificial iron fertilization of the oceans could change the climate. Give me half a tankerful of iron and I’ll give you an Ice Age ,” he said in 1988.

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