Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Fraction Remained Constant In The Last 150 Years, Study Reveals
2 January 2010 | Green News | 4 Comments
The whole “carbon dioxide” puzzle is a lot more complicated matter than most scientist tend to think. Many new research that surfaced lately come to disprove most of their paradigms about this greenhouse gas. It represents about 0.04% of the Earth’s atmosphere but it is a vital gas for the Planet well-being. A major part of the carbon dioxide emitted through human activity does not remain in the atmosphere, but it is absorbed by the oceans and by the Earth’s ecosystems. Less than half, 45 percent, of the CO2 amount still lingers in the atmosphere. Also a new study comes now to show that for the last 150 years, the carbon dioxide fraction has not risen at all.
CO2 Emissions Could Generate Noise Pollution in the Oceans
31 December 2009 | Green News | No Comments
Since CO2 emissions started to grow, researchers have begun to warn us of the seriousness of this process, using different scientific discoveries related to negative effects of carbon dioxide. Last days, some researchers at the University of Hawaii have discovered that along with the increasing level of CO2 emissions, increases the acidity of the oceans and seas too. When ocean acidity increases, sound-absorbing chemical reactions are reduced and that means the sound will spread in the water faster and noisier.
Third of Plants and Animals could Disappear due to Global Warming
28 December 2009 | Green News | No Comments
Global warming is a phenomenon that can affect us, humans, but at the same time also can affect many plants and animals. Things that are happening currently on the planet are not simple at all. Researchers have realized about the seriousness of things and announced that a large number of animals and plants should migrate to North to prevent global warming effects. Unfortunately third of these animals and plants, can not migrate at high altitudes and this is a serious problem.
Human Blood to Help Capture CO2 Emissions
17 December 2009 | Green Technology | No Comments
Biological systems have always been used to develop new technologies, and have proved to be very effective in different activity areas. Today, a New Jersey company is trying to reproduce a similar system in order to capture more efficiently carbon dioxide emissions.
Researchers started from the idea that in our body, the blood contains an enzyme able to capture two pounds of CO2 every day and convert it into bicarbonate. Then, when we exhale, the same enzyme converts the rezulted biocarbonate back into CO2.
CO2 emissions – Produced in 3 ways
25 November 2009 | Green News | No Comments
CO2 released in the atmosphere is nothing but a source of environmental pollution, a factor with a huge role in global warming process. We all know that carbon dioxide is the result of fossil fuel combustion (coal, oil or natural gas). Currently, highest carbon emissions are produced by cars, trucks and non-nuclear power plants. Because of that, urban areas are considered as areas with high concentration of carbon dioxide. To reduce the effects of pollution, carbon dioxide can be captured and stored. Today, carbon dioxide effects on atmosphere is a controversial issue.