Posts Tagged ‘carbon dioxide’

• Why we must oppose transition to gas-fired power

  “These estimates translate to a climate genocide involving the deaths of 10 billion people this century…” There is an overwhelming global scientific consensus that global warming is real, man-made and must be urgently addressed, As adjudged from the rhetoric at …

• Eyjafjallajökull caused fall in carbon emissions

  This past week the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull was officially declared dormant. The volcano, which you almost certainly remember from the news, had a big eruption in the early months of this year effectively grounding flights all over Europe. “This second …

• Carbon in numbers – Weighing in on the sources that add to the planet’s greenhouse gases

  Photo credit: Taras Kalapun The environmental footprint per capita in developed countries is more than 10 tones per year. For example, 10,8 tones of carbon is emitted per capita by British, 12,7 per capita by Greek and 22,4 tones per …

• Shock: NOAA study shows climate change “largely irreversible for 1000 years”

  Photo credit: pfala A new scientific study from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in USA shows that “there’s no going back” from climate change caused by carbon dioxide. The study, led by NOAA senior scientist Susan Solomon, has …

• Humanity’s need to cut down on fossil fuels

  Right after the industrial revolution, the exploitation of natural resources by human societies increased at top speed. Fossil fuels are ever since the main source of energy used to cover most of our needs. This made people believe that they …