greenhouse gases

The Fog Around Global Warming

Posted by Su Avasthi on August 9, 2007 - 10:45pm.

Newsweek's cover story on global warming details how and why the climate change issue has long been shrouded in doubt.


Flying Eco-Friendly Skies

Posted by Su Avasthi on June 18, 2007 - 12:09am.

A new breed of airplane could be kinder to the environment — and hopefully that means that air travel won't keep affecting the weather.


A Palm Tree Grows In Brooklyn?

Posted by Su Avasthi on May 3, 2007 - 12:02am.

Global warming means that sub-tropical plants are starting to creep into northern parts of the county.


Checked and Balanced

Posted by Su Avasthi on April 3, 2007 - 7:29pm.

This week the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the federal government has an obligation to regulate car emissions and air pollution from coal-burning power plants and factories.




Future Shock

Posted by Su Avasthi on January 30, 2007 - 9:00pm.

Arctic ice will melt. Mountain ranges will thaw into refuges from the blistering heat. The world's semi-arid regions will turn to wastelands. Scared? We should be, according to the world's leading climate change experts.




And The People Have Spoken

Posted by Su Avasthi on December 5, 2006 - 8:44pm.

According to a new poll, Americans are worried about global warming and the impact it will have on their children. So worried, in fact, that global warming might emerge as a big issue in the 2008 presidential elections.




Massachusetts v. EPA

Posted by Su Avasthi on November 30, 2006 - 12:23am.

The Supreme Court heard its first global warming case yesterday and they'll look at the scientific data to behind the crisis. Meanwhile, we see new data about our warming planet every day.




Cold Storage: 10,000 Leagues Under The Sea

Posted by Su Avasthi on August 24, 2006 - 1:02am.

Could the deep, blue sea hold the key to our carbon emissions problem?

Scientists are investigating whether greenhouse gases can be permanently trapped in cold storage on the ocean floor.




Tapping the Ice Caps

Posted by Su Avasthi on August 2, 2006 - 1:39am.

What's that old saying? If life gives you melting ice caps, make a lot of beer?

A new Greenland microbrewery is using ice melt from polar ice caps to make beer.




Why GM Is Going Out Of Business

Posted by Su Avasthi on July 30, 2006 - 11:44pm.

At last, it starts to make sense.

I simultaneously understand 1) why there are so few American-made hybrid cars; and 2) why General Motors is suffering major losses.




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