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Heavy-petroleum fuels raising vanadium emissions
Human emissions of the potentially harmful trace metal vanadium into Earth’s atmosphere have spiked sharply since the start of the 21st century due in large part to industry’s growing use of heavy oils, tar sands, bitumen and petroleum coke for … Continue reading
Is it gonna blow? Measuring volcanic emissions from space
Carbon dioxide measured by a NASA satellite pinpoints sources of the gas from human and volcanic activities, which may help monitor greenhouse gases responsible for climate change. Geology News — ScienceDaily
Globally important nitrous oxide emissions from croplands induced by freeze–thaw cycles
Nature Geoscience 10, 279 (2017). doi:10.1038/ngeo2907 Authors: Claudia Wagner-Riddle, Katelyn A. Congreves, Diego Abalos, Aaron A. Berg, Shannon E. Brown, Jaison Thomas Ambadan, Xiaopeng Gao & Mario Tenuta Nature Geoscience – Issue – nature.com science feeds
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Historical carbon dioxide emissions brought on by land-use modifications are probably bigger than assumed
Nature Geoscience 10, seventy nine (2017). doi:10.1038/ngeo2882 Authors: A. Arneth, J. Sitch, C. Pongratz, O. A. Stocker, K. Ciais, C. Poulter, A. A. Bayer, A. Bondeau, L. Calle, L. K. Chini, T. Gasser, M. Fader, G. Friedlingstein, W. Kato, W. … Continue reading
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Volcano emissions linked to increases in asthma attacks
A new study from the active volcano K?lauea, which is on the big island of Hawaii, reports that people — especially children — with asthma are at greater risk of having serious asthma attacks if they live in a community … Continue reading
Scientists detect deep carbon emissions associated with continental rifting
Scientists at the University of New Mexico conducted research to effectively study carbon emissions through fault systems in the East African Rift (EAR) in an effort to understand carbon emissions from the Earth’s interior and how it affects the … Continue reading
Methane emissions in Arctic cold season higher than expected
Eddy covariance flux tower in winter in Atqasuk, Alaska, USA (Global Change Research Group, San Diego State University). The special, on demand, heating of the sonic anemometer developed by Donatella Zona and Walter Oechel allowed extending the flux measurements during … Continue reading
Italy reduces carbon dioxide emissions by 6% in 2013 vs 2012
IMG title=”” alt=”” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wpid-82d05eeef224ba42702a8daecd0cf779.jpg” IMG class=hide alt=”Italy reduces carbon dioxide emissions by 6% in 2013 vs 2012″ src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wpid-82d05eeef224ba42702a8daecd0cf779.jpg” (ANSA) – Rome, February 13 – Italy, the eurozone’s third-largest economy, managed to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions emissions by 6% in … Continue reading