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2011-09-29 22:30:37

Researchers recommend the reworking of global carbon models in Nature The global uptake of carbon by land plants may be up to 45 per cent more than previously thought. This is the conclusion of an international team of scientists, based on the variability of heavy oxygen atoms in the carbon dioxide of the atmosphere driven by the El NiÃ±o effect. As the oxygen atoms in carbon dioxide were converted faster than expected during the El NiÃ±o years, current...

2009-03-23 12:10:00

SAN DIEGO, March 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The University of California, San Diego, a world leader in climate change research, has announced it will offer an innovative program on climate change and its impact on business. "The ROI for Going Green" will provide participants with a basic understanding of climate change, and what strategies businesses and investors can employ to increase their bottom line. In response to the increasing interest in climate change, Scripps Institution of Oceanography...

2009-01-29 10:00:00

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA's first spacecraft dedicated to studying atmospheric carbon dioxide is in final preparations for a Feb. 23 launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Carbon dioxide is the leading human-produced greenhouse gas driving changes in Earth's climate. (LOGO: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The Orbiting Carbon Observatory will provide the first complete picture of human and natural carbon dioxide sources as well...

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