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Next-generation LNG carrier concept about 8% more energy efficient, with 5% more cargo

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(Developed by DNV GL Strategic Research & Innovation, DNV COSSMOS is a computer platform that models, simulates and optimizes complex and integrated ship machinery systems with respect to energy efficiency, emissions, costs and safety. The primary fuel—i.e.

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Researchers find that the global carbon pool in seagrass beds is as much as 19.9B metric tons

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As a comparison, a typical terrestrial forest stores about 30,000 metric tons per square kilometer, most of which is in the form of wood. The study estimates that emissions from destruction of seagrass meadows can potentially emit up to 25% as much carbon as those from terrestrial deforestation. —Fourqurean et al. At least 1.5%

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Emissions of Air Pollutants down in EU-27

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The European Community’s air pollutant emission inventory report released by the European Environment Agency finds that in 2007, sulphur oxides (SO x ) emissions were down by 72 % from 1990 levels. EU-27 emissions of all four pollutants were lower in 2007 than in 2006.

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