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Oceans acidified by human CO2 emissions

Human-induced carbon dioxide emissions for the past 100 to 200 years have already raised acidity of ...

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CO2 turns clownfish into drunken daredevils

Carbon dioxide in the ocean acts like alcohol on fish and leaves them less able to judge risks, maki...

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Pledges to cut CO2 will go on: UN official

The top UN climate official said Saturday she is confident industrial countries will renew their ple...

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World has five years to avoid severe warming: IEA

The world has just five years to avoid being trapped in a scenario of perilous climate change and ex...

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Breeding crop plants could cut CO2 levels

Breeding crops that have roots a metre deeper in the soil could dramatically lower CO2 levels in the...

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Forests can store more CO2 than earlier thought

Forests can store more carbon dioxide than previously thought, a study has found.

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UN-aided project in HP to cut down CO2 emmisions

A United Nations-aided project has been launched in Himachal Pradesh under which carbon emissions wi...

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Direct removal of CO2 from air impractical: Scientists

Removing CO2 from the air may not be a practicable way to reverse human-driven climate change.

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Earth can recover faster from CO2 emissions

The earth may be able to recover faster from rising CO2 emissions than previously thought.

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Increasing CO2 causing plants to release less water to atmosphere

Scientists reported that as CO2 levels have risen during the last 150 yrs, the density of pores that...

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‘Solar energy use in cell towers can reduce CO2 emissions’

Use of diesel generators in cellphone towers leads to staggering levels of CO2 emissions.

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Underground CO2 leakage could contaminate drinking water

Leakage of CO2 injected deep underground could turn up in drinking water aquifers near the surface.

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Car makers cut CO2 emissions in EU faster

Car makers are cutting their fleets` CO2 emissions faster than expected and are likely to reach EU t...

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Clues about CO2 patterns during Ice Age

A new study has put to rest the mystery of where old carbon was stored during the last glacial perio...

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Now, Green Carbon Centre that could recycle CO2 to lower eco footprint

Researchers have created a Green Carbon Center to bring the benefits offered by oil, gas, coal, wind...

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Earth’s temperature depends on CO2 levels

The planet`s temperature ultimately depends on the atmospheric level of carbon dioxide.

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Mars CO2 leak linked to existence of life

Scientists have revealed that life may have existed on Mars thanks to the greenhouse gas carbon diox...

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Fizzy drinks light up pain sensors

A new study has revealed that the carbon dioxide in fizzy beverages sets off the pain sensors.

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Mystery of disappearing CO2 on Mars solved?

Scientists may have solved the mystery of the CO2 ice disappearance early in the Martian springs.

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Large CO2 release accelerates ice age melting

Researchers traced the pathway of carbon dioxide released from the deep ocean to the atmosphere at t...

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High CO2 levels put oysters in trouble

Oysters are in serious trouble due to high level of CO2, caused by human behaviour.

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Europe must up CO2 cuts to 30%: EU`s Big 3

Germany, France & Britain jointly call for EU to deepen planned reductions.

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Scientists create improved CO2-absorbing crystals

Chemists in South Korea and the United States have improved the design of a type of artificial cryst...

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Moving clocks forward could reduce CO2 emissions

A new study has revealed that keeping the clocks one hour ahead of time would save half a million to...

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Scientists planning to store CO2 deep underground

Scientists are trying how they could remove excess CO2 from the atmosphere.

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Nuclear power vital to cutting CO2 emissions: Report

Roughly a quarter of global electricity could be generated by nuclear power by 2050.

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Huge carbon ``burp`` that helped end last ice age detected

Atmospheric CO2 levels shot up by nearly 50% at the end of the last ice age because ancient oceans b...

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‘Green’ cars that could run on CO2 and sunlight

A team is working on creating building blocks for synthetic liquid fuels to reduce CO2 emissions.

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Even plants cannot help cool earth if CO2 is in excess: Study

Scientists have found that plants will directly warm the land surface when there is excess CO2.

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British team trek to measure CO2 in Arctic Ocean

Three British explorers have set out on a skiing expedition across 500 kilometers of floating sea ...

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Maize-based biofuel unlikely to reduce global production of CO2

New economic analysis has confirmed that maize-based biofuel is unlikely to reduce global production...

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Century of whaling has released 100 mln tonnes of CO2, say scientists

Scientists have said that a century of whaling may have released more than 100 million tonnes of car...

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Industrialised nations’ CO2 cut plans ‘are pathetic’, says Indian Copenhagen negotiator

One of India’s senior negotiators at the Copenhagen summit has said that industrialised nations have...

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CO2 could soon become green fuel feedstock

Carbon dioxide could soon be used in cooling freezers and as a feedstock for alternative fuels, acco...

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Brazil`s Lula signs law cutting CO2 emissions

Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday signed a law requiring that Brazil cut gre...

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CO2 pumped deep underground could make geothermal energy projects efficient

Scientists have proposed that carbon dioxide (CO2) pumped deep underground for storage could be used...

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Merkel sees CO2 reduction programme by 2030

The Copenhagen climate meet could come up with a deal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions globally by...

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Tropical forests hit by habitat fragmentation store less biomass, CO2

A recent research conducted on deforestation in tropical rain forests has indicated that it could ha...

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Earth more sensitive to CO2 than estimated

The earth`s temperature may be 30 to 50 percent more sensitive to atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) t...

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Delegates at Copenhagen meet to emit 40,500 tonnes of CO2

At least 40,500 tonnes of CO2 is estimated to be emitted by 15,000 politicians, activists, civil ser...

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Fossil fuel CO2 emissions have increased 3 times in the last decade

In a new report, scientists have painted a bleak picture of the Earth’s future, by revealing that th...

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CO2 emissions rise 2% despite global financial crisis

A new research has determined that despite the economic effects of the global financial crisis, carb...

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World on course for 6 degree rise in temp by end of century

New research on climate change predicts that the world will face a slow-motion disaster in the comin...

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Global CO2 emissions to drop 2.8% in `09: Report

Global carbon dioxide emissions are set to fall an estimated 2.8 percent this year because of the fi...

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Oceans can absorb much more CO2 than expected

A new study by researchers from the Bristol University, UK, has suggested that terrestrial ecosystem...

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CO2 levels on Earth were too high 15 mln yrs ago

In a new research, a scientist of Indian origin has determined that carbon dioxide (CO2) levels on E...

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Global CO2 emissions could fall by three % in 2009: IEA

Carbon dioxide emissions, the main driver of global warming, could fall three per cent worldwide i...

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Even moderate CO2-reduction policies can save the world from catastrophe

A new analysis of climate risk has shown that even moderate carbon-reduction policies now can substa...

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Scientists find CO2 link to Antarctic ice cap origin

A team of scientists studying rock samples in Africa has shown a strong link between falling carbon ...

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CO2-Antarctic link

The link between declining carbon dioxide levels and the formation of Antarctic ice caps some 34 mil...

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