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11 Citation The following is from the World Business Summit on Climate Change in Copenhagen that was held the last few days. As global business leaders assembled at the World Business Summit on Climate Change, we call upon our political leaders to agree an ambitious and effective global climate treaty at COP15 in Copenhagen. Sustainable economic progress requires stabilizing and then reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Success at COP15 will remove uncertainty, unleash additional investment, and bolster cur, technorati.com
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Back to the Horse and Sulky? by Viv Forbes, Chairman of the Carbon Sense Coalition. 1 Citation Article Tags: VIA EMAIL , VIV FORBES On World Environment Day 5 June 2009 If environmentalists were really concerned for the environment, they would spend time on World Environment Day worshipping carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere, not demonising it. All life in the bio-sphere depends on the carbon cycle. The cycle starts when?, technorati.com
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Astronomy final exam question: Mars as runaway refrigerator 1 Citation Astronomy 210 Final Exam, Spring Semester 2009 Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA If all volcanic activity ceased on Earth, discuss how it would eventually either become a runaway refrigerator (like Mars), or a runaway greenhouse (like Venus). Explain using properties of the geological/atmospheric cycles of planets. Solution and grading rubric: p = 20/20: Correct. Decreasing volcanic activity means less carbon dioxide released from the mantle into the atmosphere, decreasi, technorati.com
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June the 5th: World Environment Day 1 Citation Image by davesag via Flickr World Environment Day is one of the biggest events in the Big United Nations Calendar of Important Stuff (the website has graphics and everything). Which means this June the 5th you're likely to be bombarded by all kinds of pro-environment messages and advice. But here are a few green tips that are often overlooked: The best way to combat global warming is to evaluate everything in your life, and see whether it brings you enough benefit to justify its carbon f, technorati.com
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Shoddy Science on Animal Emissions A statement by Viv Forbes, Chairman of the Carbon Sense Coalition 1 Citation Article Tags: VIV FORBES Australian farmers pay livestock levies, research levies, marketing levies and taxes on every product they sell. These support an army of officials supposedly representing their interests - the Meat and Livestock Corporation, the Wool Corporation, CSIRO and the numerous state and federal agriculture departments and politicians. But?, technorati.com
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For clues to future climate, head north 1 Citation Scientists struggling to understand how Earth's climate will change in the next few decades have neglected a potential treasure trove of information?sediments deposited in the ocean by major Arctic rivers such as the Colville and Mackenzie rivers?according to geoscientists at The University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University. The researchers' study was published in , technorati.com
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Plankton Blooms Don't Sequester Atmospheric Carbon 1 Citation Oceanographers Jim Bishop and Todd Wood of the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have measured the fate of carbon particles originating in plankton blooms in the Southern Ocean, using data that deep-diving Carbon Explorer floats collected around the clock for well over a year. Their study reveals that most of the carbon from lush plankton blooms never reaches the deep ocean. The surprising discovery deals a blow to the simplest version of the Iron Hypothesis, who, technorati.com
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1 Citation A beautifully illustrated guest post from alefnot, providing education about the carbon cycle. A few days earlier this was air and water (and a trace bit of dirt). Is that amazing or what?!? A couple of weeks earlier, so was most of this (except the woody bits). You can almost see CO2 being drawn down. Young leaves have a different composition from older leaves ? and a distinct color as well.Dann, Blümlein alle, heraus! Heraus!Der Mai ist kommen, der Winter ist aus!If you listen very closely yo, technorati.com
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Avoided deforestation: most favorite project of forest carbon offset 1 Citation A recent survey of forest carbon offsetting reveals that most buyers rated positive on the projects of avoided deforestation and ecological reforestation. It about 90% of respondents consider these to be highly desirable or desirable. The survey was involved 141 corporate participants throughout the world. They are participated in the carbon market during February 2009 and , technorati.com
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1 Citation Alert readers will have noticed the fewer-than-normal postings over the last couple of weeks. This is related mostly to pressures associated with real work (remember that we do have day jobs). In my case, it is because of the preparations for the next IPCC assessment and the need for our?, technorati.com
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