Tag Archives: carbon
Global warming may increase the capacity of trees to store carbon
ScienceDaily (May 31, 2011) — One helpful action anyone can take in response to global warming is to plant trees and preserve forests. Trees and plants capture carbon dioxide during photosynthesis, thereby removing the most abundant greenhouse gas from the atmosphere and storing some of it in their woody tissue.Yet global warming may affect the … Continue reading
UK’s first vicarage to meet zero carbon standards
The first zero carbon vicarage is to be built in the UK. Located in the grounds of St John’s Church in Wembley, West London, the property will meet Level 6 of the Code for Sustainable Homes.It will be fitted out with solar panels and will be constructed with sustainable materials. Any excess electricity will also … Continue reading
Consumption, carbon emissions and international trade
ScienceDaily (May 9, 2011) — Accurately calculating the amount of carbon dioxide emitted in the process of producing and bringing products to our doorsteps is nearly impossible, but still a worthwhile effort, two Carnegie researchers claim in a commentary published online this week by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The Global Ecology department’s … Continue reading
Ocean acidification: Carbon dioxide makes life difficult for algae
ScienceDaily (May 10, 2011) — The acidification of the world’s oceans could have major consequences for the marine environment. New research shows that coccoliths, which are an important part of the marine environment, dissolve when seawater acidifies.Associate Professor Tue Hassenkam and colleagues at the Nano-Science Center, University of Copenhagen, are the first to have measured … Continue reading
Antarctic icebergs help ocean take up carbon dioxide
ScienceDaily (May 12, 2011) — The first comprehensive study of the biological effects of Antarctic icebergs shows that they fertilize the Southern Ocean, enhancing the growth of algae that take up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and then, through marine food chains, transfer carbon into the deep sea.This process is detailed in 19 new research … Continue reading
Is the UK able to attract more low carbon investment?
The UK might not be able to attract enough low carbon investment at the scale and pace that is required, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has claimed. It has published a report highlighting the fears of senior business leaders who believe that the nation is failing to attract enough energy investment.Therefore, the group has … Continue reading
Carbon Markets & Climate Finance Americas – 1 week to go!
Come face to face with the following expert speakers:Branca Bastos Americano, Secretary of Climate Change and Environmental Quality, Ministry of Environment, BrazilAndrea Garcia Guerrero, Director, Climate Change Mitigation Group, Ministry of Environment,Housing and Territorial Planning, ColombiaProf. Suani Coelho, Coordinator, CENBIO – Brazilian Reference Center on Biomass and Member, UN Secretary General’s Advisory Group on Energy … Continue reading
Low carbon concept cars unveiled in Shanghai
A number of low carbon concept cars have been put on display for the first time at Auto Shanghai this April. Among the manufacturers unveiling their models is Audi, which showed off its concept saloon A3 e-tron, a plug-in hybrid.The car has a theoretical range of 34 miles before the petrol engine kicks in, as … Continue reading
Zero carbon U-turn is ‘realistic’
The government’s U-turn on its definition of zero carbon homes is more realistic and pragmatic, one housing professional has said. Writing for the Green Building Press, Richard Baines, head of sustainability at Black Country Housing Group, suggested that the changes seen in the Plan for Growth that accompanied March’s Budget is the sensible approach to … Continue reading
Using the energy in oil shale without releasing carbon dioxide in a greenhouse world
ScienceDaily (Apr. 20, 2011) — New technology that combines production of electricity with capture of carbon dioxide could make billions of barrels of oil shale — now regarded as off-limits because of the huge amounts of carbon dioxide released in its production — available as an energy source in a greenhouse world of the future. … Continue reading