Arkiv for kategorien ‘Greenhouse Gases’


World has 10 years of shale oil

tirsdag, 11. juni 2013

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eia:  This report provides an initial assessment of shale oil resources and updates a prior assessment of shale gas resources…

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What Does 400 ppm Look Like?

lørdag, 27. april 2013

co2 march 2013 scripps

http://co2now.org/

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography: A daily record of atmospheric carbon dioxide from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego

The…

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The carbon intensity of the global energy supply has barely changed in 20 years

torsdag, 18. april 2013

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Progress towards clean energy has stalled, IEA says

Today, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released Tracking Clean Energy Progress 2013

Key Findings:

Stark messages…

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Why can’t we quit fossil fuels?

onsdag, 17. april 2013

Guardian: We have far more oil, coal and gas than we can safely burn. For all the millions of words…

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Information is beautiful

tirsdag, 12. marts 2013

information is beautiful

How many gigatons of Co2:

- have been relased to day ?

-more can be “safely” released ?

-are left to release ?

http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/how-many-gigatons-of-co2/

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How Much Will Tar Sands Oil Add to Global Warming?

torsdag, 24. januar 2013

Scientific America: To constrain climate change, such unconventional oil use needs to be stopped, according to scientists. More

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Point of No Return

onsdag, 23. januar 2013

greenpeace point of no return

Greenpeace: The world is quickly reaching a point of no return for preventing the worst impacts of climate change. Continuing…

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Pollution from car emissions killing millions in China and India

mandag, 17. december 2012

Guardian: An explosion of car use has made fast-growing Asian cities the epicentre of global air pollution and become, along…

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FACTBOX-Climate negotiating positions of big greenouse emitters

torsdag, 22. november 2012

AlertNet: More than 190 countries are meeting in Doha, Qatar, from Nov. 26 to Dec. 7 to make progress on…

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Greenhouse Gas Concentrations Reach New Record

onsdag, 21. november 2012

WMO: The amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached a new record high in 2011, according to the World…

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Turn Down the Heat

mandag, 19. november 2012

world bank turn down the heat

World Bank: The report, reviewed by some of the world’s top scientists, is being released ahead of the next comprehensive…

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World on track for 6C warming without carbon cuts

onsdag, 7. november 2012

Guardian: The slow rate of emissions cuts in major economies has put the world on track for “at least six…

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Unburnable Carbon

tirsdag, 6. november 2012

carbon tracker 2

Are the world’s financial markets carrying a carbon bubble?

Carbon Tracker:

* Already in 2011, the world has used over a third…

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World Bank urges nations to end ‘wasteful’ gas flaring

onsdag, 24. oktober 2012

Guardian: Figures show gas flaring among major oil countries contributes as much to climate change as a major economy like…

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Per capita CO2 emissions in China reached European level

torsdag, 19. juli 2012

Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL)

Global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) increased by 3% last year, reaching an all-time high of…

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The gigatonne gap in China’s carbon dioxide inventories

tirsdag, 19. juni 2012

Nature climate change Early warning of climate tipping points - Nature Climate Change - Nature Publishing Group 2011-06-27 11-04-23

We compile the CO2 emission inventories for China and its 30 provinces for the period 1997–2010. However, CO2 emissions calculated…

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Carbon dioxide levels reach milestone at Arctic sites

lørdag, 2. juni 2012

NOAA: The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of Barrow, Alaska, reached 400 parts per million (ppm) this spring,…

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Higher EU greenhouse gas emissions in 2010 due to economic recovery and cold winter

onsdag, 30. maj 2012

EEA: Greenhouse gas emissions increased in 2010, as a result of both economic recovery in many countries after the 2009…

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Global carbon-dioxide emissions increase by 1.0 Gt in 2011 to record high

torsdag, 24. maj 2012

IEA: Global carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil-fuel combustion reached a record high of 31.6 gigatonnes (Gt) in 2011, according to…

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Global warming: New research emphasizes the role of economic growth

fredag, 4. maj 2012

TerraDaily: It’s a message no one wants to hear: To slow down global warming, we’ll either have to put the…

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How to curb discharge of the most potent greenhouse gas

torsdag, 19. april 2012

A 50 percent reduction in meat consumption and emissions is needed

Woods Hole Research Center: Meat consumption in the developed world…

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2012 U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report

tirsdag, 17. april 2012

EPA: The Inventory of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and sinks tracks the national trend in greenhouse gas emissions and removals…

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Interactive

torsdag, 12. april 2012

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carbon map 2

Country sizes show the carbon footprint of all goods and services consumed in a nation, including imports and excluding exports.…

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Signs of thawing permafrost revealed from space

tirsdag, 27. marts 2012

ESA: Satellite are seeing changes in land surfaces in high detail at northern latitudes, indicating thawing permafrost. This releases greenhouse…

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Asia Pacific to triple carbon emissions unless it changes course

lørdag, 18. februar 2012

(AlertNet) – Asia Pacific could triple its carbon emissions by 2050 if it continues its unsustainable use of resources, putting…

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A visualisation of Europe’s energy – interactive

tirsdag, 27. december 2011

greenhouse gas eu

energy.publicdata.eu — Europe’s energy

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Rapid growth in CO2 emissions after the 2008–2009 global financial crisis

mandag, 5. december 2011

global carbon project

Global carbon dioxide emissions increased by a record 5.9 per cent in 2010 following the dampening effect of the 2008-2009…

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Saving tomorrow today? That was yesterday…

mandag, 28. november 2011

CarbonEmissionMap_2009 worldmapper

Carbon Emissions 2009: Views of The World

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Greenhouse Gas Concentrations Continue Climbing

mandag, 21. november 2011

(WMO) –The amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached a new high in 2010 since pre-industrial time and the…

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Steep increase in global CO2 emissions despite reductions by industrialised countries

torsdag, 29. september 2011

PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency:

Global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) – the main cause of global warming – increased by…

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Carbon Emissions 2000

søndag, 25. september 2011

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Worldmapper

Territory size shows the proportion of carbon dioxide emissions in 2000 that were directly from there.

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Earth’s Acidity Rising

søndag, 25. september 2011

USGS Responds to Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill_1273577340300

Human use of Earth’s natural resources is making the air, oceans, freshwaters, and soils more acidic, according to a U.S.…

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Evidence for under-reported western European emissions of the potent greenhouse gas HFC-23

torsdag, 25. august 2011

Key Points:

HFC-23 emissions in western Europe are significantly underreported

Our results question the credibility of the data reported for the Kyoto…

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Slowing climate change by targeting gases other than carbon dioxide

onsdag, 3. august 2011

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NOAA: Carbon dioxide remains the undisputed king of recent climate change, but other greenhouse gases measurably contribute to the problem.…

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Cape Grim Greenhouse Gas Data, CO2, N2O, CH4

mandag, 20. juni 2011

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The latest greenhouse gas data updated monthly from one of the cleanest air sources in the world.

Cape Grim, on Tasmania’s…

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Fact versus fiction

torsdag, 16. juni 2011

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The IEA sets the record straight on energy-related misperceptions

Myth: We could end dependence on oil with electric vehicles within a…

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Worst ever carbon emissions leave climate on the brink

mandag, 30. maj 2011

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Greenhouse gas emissions increased by a record amount last year, to the highest carbon output in history, putting hopes of…

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The Stockholm Memorandum

fredag, 20. maj 2011

nobel 2011

The Stockholm Memorandum concludes that the planet has entered a new geological age, the Anthropocene. It recommends a suite of…

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Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions

fredag, 6. maj 2011

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Richardson 2011 Cambridge

Cambridge University

Providing an up-to-date synthesis of all knowledge relevant to the climate change issue, this book ranges from the basic…

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Aggregate_GHGs, Gg CO2 eq., change, 1990 to 2008

torsdag, 5. maj 2011

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All Annex I countries – Total emissions including LULUCF/LUCF

Reuters: U.N. clean energy scheme grows, 3,000 projects so far (may 2011)

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China’s Energy and Carbon Emissions Outlook to 2050

mandag, 2. maj 2011

China’s Energy and Carbon Emissions Outlook to 2050 - China Energy Group 2011-05-02 18-10-07 Berkely

Publisher: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

As a result of soaring energy demand from a staggering pace of economic expansion and the…

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Trends in Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

fredag, 29. april 2011

earth monitoring system noaa

NOAA/ESRL’s Global Monitoring Division (formerly CMDL) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, conducts sustained observations and research related to…

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Current Data for Atmospheric CO2

fredag, 29. april 2011

CO2 Now - CO2 Home 2011-04-29 18-23-59

The world’s most current data for atmospheric CO2 is from measurements at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii.

Continue

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Hansen et al: “We conclude that the rate of sea level rise is likely to accelerate during the next several years.”

onsdag, 20. april 2011

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James Hansen has posted a new 52-page draft paper entitled “Earth’s Energy Imbalance and Implications.

Continue: Climate Progress

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Rising Temperatures Bringing Bigger Floods

torsdag, 17. februar 2011

Episodes of intense rainfall are happening more frequently, thanks to human emissions of carbon dioxide, a new study suggests. A…

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World carbon dioxide emissions data by country: China speeds ahead of the rest

tirsdag, 1. februar 2011

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On pure emissions alone, the key points are:

• China emits more CO2 than the US and Canada put together –…

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More Evidence Accumulates of Record Greenhouse Gases and Warming Temperatures

torsdag, 2. december 2010

atm co2 blue

Three seemingly disparate stories in recent days help illustrate what climate scientists keep repeating — that empirical evidence indicating a…

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Four degrees and beyond

tirsdag, 30. november 2010

Royal Society— May 28, 2010, 368 (1919) — Philosophical Transactions A_1271702513953

United Nations climate change negotiations have failed to deliver an agreement on reducing future greenhouse gas emissions to levels that…

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Carbon emissions set to be highest in history

mandag, 22. november 2010

Levels of the man-made greenhouse gas being dumped into the atmosphere have never been higher and are once again accelerating.…

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CO2 EMISSIONS FROM FUEL COMBUSTION

torsdag, 7. oktober 2010

In the lead-up to the UN climate negotiations in Cancún, the latest information on the level and growth of CO2…

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