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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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Study finds changes in the Arctic sea ice cover may be driving changes in atmospheric chemistry

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Bromine also can remove ozone from the lowest layer of the atmosphere, the troposphere. Despite ozone’s beneficial role blocking harmful radiation in the stratosphere, ground-level ozone is a harmful pollutant. Bromine then reacts with a gaseous form of mercury, turning it into a pollutant that falls to Earth’s surface.

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California ARB and NOAA Collaborating in $20M Research on Interaction of Air Pollution and Climate Change; One Atmosphere Approach

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These connections arise because in many cases the agents of concern are the same, and in many cases the sources of the agents are the same or intimately connected.For example, surface ozone is both an air pollutant and a greenhouse gas. The complex roles that ozone and aerosols play in the atmosphere provide examples of such trade-offs.

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Earth Day and the Importance of Green Energy

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Hydroelectric Energy: In common use in Washington State and California, hydroelectric power captures the energy of running water. Experts say there is enough heat energy located just under the United States to produce ten times as much energy as coal.

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

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The figure includes the direct effects and those indirect effects due to the production of tropospheric ozone and stratospheric water vapor.) Compressor station facilities move the gas throughout the United States transmission system. a global warming potential of 21. Tg CO 2 eq. 3.5%) in 2011 since 1990. Tg CO 2 eq.)

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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Under the Proalcool Program, sugar companies were ordered to increase production and the state-run oil company, Petrobras, was required to make álcool (ethanol) available at its fuel stations. water content in it and Gasoline C, or E25, which is a mixture of 75% Gasoline A and 25% in volume of anhydrous ethanol (AEAC) with a maximum of 0.4%

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Study finds global rivers and streams emitting 3x IPCC estimates of the GHG N2O

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This is especially the case for those draining nitrogen-enriched urbanized and agricultural watersheds, highlighting the importance of managing nitrogen before it reaches open water. Nitrous oxide is a potent greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change and stratospheric ozone destruction.