Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2009

Through a recent modeling experiment, a team of NASA-funded researchers have found that future concentrations of carbon dioxide and ozone in the atmosphere and of nitrogen in the soil are likely to have an important but overlooked effect on the cycling of water from sky to land to waterways. Cronin, J. Melillo, D. Kicklighter, C.

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Ozone Water CO2 MIT 186

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Here, RME show advantages for primary energy and GHG, but disadvantages in terms of acidification, eutrophication and ozone depletion. Rapeseed biodiesel as an example of the varied environmental impacts of a particular biofuel. Source: “Assessing Biofuels”. Click to enlarge.

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Ozone Water Emissions Oil 186

Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2009

A few studies also include other relevant impact indicators as acidification potential, eutrophication potential, ozone depletion potential and various toxicity potentials. Tags: Biomass Cellulosic ethanol Climate Change Emissions Fuels Lifecycle analysis Policy Sustainability. However very few studies include water use impacts.

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