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Gas Emission
Posts in this category are about Gas Emission. Gases that trap heat in the atmosphere are often called greenhouse gases. Some greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide occur naturally and are emitted to the atmosphere through natural processes and human activities. Other greenhouse gases (e.g. fluorinated gases) are created and emitted solely through human activities.
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EPA denies challenges to greenhouse gas rule
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday rejected 10 petitions challenging EPA's 2009 finding that climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health and the environment.
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(0)Warmer Climate Entails Increased Release of Carbon Dioxide by Inland Lakes
Much organically bound carbon is deposited on inland lake bottoms and Swedish researchers have shown in a new study in Nature that carbon retention by sediment at lake bottoms is highly temperature-sensitive and that a warmer climate would result in increased carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere. (Swedish Research Council release)
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Key Compound of Ozone Destruction Detected
For the first time, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) scientists have successfully measured in the ozone layer the chlorine compound ClOOCl which plays an important role in stratospheric ozone depletion. (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology release)
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