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New data unlocks secrets of Antarctic formation

The link between declining CO2 levels in the earth's atmosphere and the formation of the Antarctic ice caps some 34 million years ago has been confirmed for the first time in a major research study.

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"24" Goes Green, Says Fox

Today Fox announced that the hit TV series "24" is the first series to go "carbon-neutral." Here's what I have to say: eh?

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EPA to Review Bush Administration Rules on Coal-Fired Power Plants

Following up earlier decisions by the Interior Department to withdraw oil and natural gas drilling leases near two national parks in Utah and to suspend a draft plan to open much of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to drilling, the EPA agreed to review whether it should regulate carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from coal-fired power plants.

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Experts join forces to unlock marine CO2 conundrum

An international team of scientists has solved a mystery that has puzzled marine chemists for decades. They have discovered that fish contribute a significant fraction of the oceans' calcium carbonate production, which affects the delicate pH balance of seawater.

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Modest CO2 cutbacks may be too little, too late for coral reefs

How much carbon dioxide is too much? According to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) greenhouse gases in the atmosphere need to be stabilized at levels low enough to "prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system."

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Soil’s Carbon Storage Capacity Investigated

As atmospheric CO2 levels rise, methods to mitigate these increases are becoming very important. Three studies published in the July-August 2008 issue of Soil Science Society of America Journal explore the potential roles of soils as a C sink in different regions in the Western Hemisphere.

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CO2-belching cars face fines

European Union wants smaller, cleaner cars. Car makers will in the future be made to pay if they fail to slash the vehicles' emissions of carbon dioxide. Brussels has unveiled controversial proposals to impose fines on all new cars sold in Europe that exceed a set limit for CO2. The fines will start in 2012 and rise sharply every year.

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Kansas Denies Coal Plant Permit

Kansas has become the first state to directly target industries' carbon dioxide emissions, recently denying a coal-fired power plant a clean air permit.

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How elevated C02 affected ancient marine life

Before the worst mass extinction of life in Earth’s history – 252 million years ago – ocean life was diverse and clam-like organisms called brachiopods dominated. After the calamity, when little else existed, a different kind of clam-like organism, called a bivalve, took over.

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Weird Engine of Reef Revealed

A team of coral researchers has taken a major stride towards revealing the workings of the mysterious ‘engine’ that drives Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, and corals the world over.

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CO2 Causing Climate Change IS a FRAUD

Please do your homework before CO2-Climate-Change costs you your economies.

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CO2 causing Climate Warming

It's a fraud. Current incompetent stories regarding CO2 Causing Climate Change are a fraud.

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