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Study Finds Ozone, Nitrogen Change the Way Rising CO2 Affects Earths Water

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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. Credit: NASA. Click to enlarge.

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Researchers Find That Stratospheric Ozone Depletion Reduces Southern Ocean Carbon Uptake

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Researchers in France have found that ozone depletion above Antarctica has significantly reduced the Southern Ocean’s ability to absorb atmospheric CO 2 and has also accelerated acidification of southern polar waters, despite lesser CO 2 uptake. The results revealed that, between 1987 and 2004, around 2.3 Lenton, A., Tagliabue, and J.

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Study Finds Controlling Soot May Be Fastest Method to Reduce Arctic Ice Loss and Global Warming; Second-Leading Cause of Global Warming After CO2

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degrees Fahrenheit) over the last century and is expected to warm significantly more in the future if nothing is done. Warming of the air by any chemical, including soot, enhances natural surface emissions of water vapor [e.g., 1990; Anisimov, 2007] and chemical production of ozone in already-polluted locations [Jacobson, 2008b].

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EPA says methane emissions from natural gas production have dropped 36% from 2007-2011

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The finding may have an impact on future regulation of fracking for natural gas production, as opponents of the technology have pointed to higher rates of methane leak as being an argument against it. The figure includes the direct effects and those indirect effects due to the production of tropospheric ozone and stratospheric water vapor.)

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EPA issues greenhouse gas proposals

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According to the findings, the six key greenhouse gases - carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydroflurocarbons (HFCs), perflurocarbons (PFCs) and sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) - threaten the welfare of both current and future generations.

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The Why, How, and Maybe Not of Geoengineering

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I’m Eliza Strickland, guest host for IEEE Spectrum ’s Fixing the Future podcast. Kelly, thanks so much for joining me on Fixing the Future. At some point in the future, we might get good at it, and it might be quite a scaled activity. Kelly Wanser : Thank you, Eliza. And so the cost of that right now is really, really high.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

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A 220 volt socket like on your water heater or dryer would be better, ad these typically have 40 or 50 amp circuits, so they can deliver 8,000 to 10,000 watts - is this what they mean? HDMI is great, but, not future proof, you need something that will still be a standard in 25 years. Same goes for video cables. yay same plug!