MD - T-1328 A Quota System For Greenhouse Gases Legislation. Choose a topic. Links. Youth pages. News Archive. Norges offentlige utredninger Summary in English NOU 2000 1. A Quota System for greenhouse gases. http://odin.dep.no/md/engelsk/publ/rapporter/022021-020006/index-dok000-b-n-a.ht
Planet Ark : Wetter World Counters Greenhouse Gases - Scientists Wetter World Counters greenhouse gases Scientists. Forests, farms and grasslands across the world absorb significant volumes of greenhouse gases. http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/25093/story.htm
Extractions: Our UK Home Page Select a topic from this pull-down menu Read the latest Reuters World Environment News Look at the latest Reuters Environment News Pictures Receive free daily news headlines via email Search the Planet Ark News Archive Find out about National Tree Day Visit the Planet Ark Media Centre Download our free environmental software Who are Planet Ark? Find out how YOU can help the planet Find out about the local recycling services available in your area "The global water cycle has changed in response to greenhouse emissions," almost 100 Australian greenhouse scientists said in an annual statement on their research received on Wednesday. "As the world warms it is, on average, getting wetter," said the scientists, who met recently under the banner of Australia's Cooperative Research Center for Greenhouse Accounting.
Australians Measure Alarming Rise In Global Greenhouse Gases TERRA.WIRE. Australians measure alarming rise in global greenhouse gases. SYDNEY (AFP) Mar 29, 2004 Australian researchers on Monday http://www.terradaily.com/2004/040329020045.qzbg1d0x.html
Extractions: Australian researchers on Monday reported an alarming increase in global greenhouse gas emissions over the past two years, due almost entirely to the burning of fossil fuels. The government's scientific research agency CSIRO estimated that 18.7 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide, the greenhouse gas blamed for global warming, were released into the atmosphere in 2002 and 17.1 billion tonnes last year. The figures compared to a 10-year average growth of atmospheric carbon dioxide of 13.3 billion tonnes and showed the biggest increase of the decade after a 23 billion tonne jump in 1998 much of that attributed to massive wildfires in Indonesia, CSIRO said. The chief researcher at the CSIRO's atmospheric division, Paul Fraser, expressed alarm that the new jump in atmospheric CO2 came "despite global attempts to reduce these emissions". "The results are concerning because carbon dioxide is the main driver of climate change," he said in a statement. "I am a little bit surprised that the level is so high without input from forest wildfires," he said.
Extractions: Introduction Combustion of biomass plays a significant role in global atmospheric chemistry due to the non-CO (carbon dioxide) GHGs (green-house gases) and its potential for global warming due to an enhanced greenhouse gas effect. Much of the CO from the biomass does not result in a net increase in atmospheric concentration because the plants absorb it during photosynthesis. In developing countries, a large quantity of biomass is burnt in small inefficient combustion devices which emit non-CO GHGs. The accurate estimates of GHGs from biomass use in small combustion is important to know their significance and to suggest suitable mitigation options. Significance of Emission factors There is a high degree of uncertainty about the non-CO GHGs from biomass. This is partly due to the uncertainty in emission factors and partly due to that in activity data. In general, the emission factors for non-CO GHGs from small combustion are based on a rather small set of measurements made in developed countries. The emission factors are sensitive to combustion condition. The default emission factors for two direct non-CO
Extractions: LONDON, England (CNN) Satellite data has provided the first "direct observational evidence" that the greenhouse effect is producing long-term changes in the Earth's atmosphere, scientists said Wednesday. Comparing satellite observations from 1970 and 1997, British researchers said accumulating greenhouse gases have limited the amount of infrared radiation escaping into space. ALSO Groups blast Bush for reversing position on emissions reductions INTERACTIVE Greenhouse effect An Imperial College of London team looked at readings of infrared light from the Earth's surface, specifically in the wavelengths absorbed by greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane and ozone. "We're absolutely sure, there's no ambiguity: This shows the greenhouse effect is operating and what we are seeing can only be due to the increase in the gases," said lead investigator John Harries of London's Imperial College.
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The Greenhouse Effect - Why It Is warms the atmosphere; gases in the atmosphere absorb some of the heat and reflect it back to the ground. This warming process is called the greenhouse effect. http://globalwarming.enviroweb.org/ishappening/greeneffect/
A Discussion Of 'Greenhouse' Gases, NF91-27 A Discussion of greenhouse gases. Steve Meyer, Agricultural Meteorology and Climatology Ken Hubbard, Extension Climate Resource Specialist. http://www.ianr.unl.edu/pubs/generalag/nf27.htm
Extractions: Ken Hubbard, Extension Climate Resource Specialist Previous Category Catalog Order Info The earth's climate depends on the planet's receiving and disposing of energy from the sun. Except for a small fraction of heat from its inner core, all energy received at the earth's surface originates from the sun. Although the earth receives only about one two-billionth of the energy emitted by the sun, it is this energy that heats the earth, drives the oceans, and creates weather patterns. Earth's atmosphere is composed of many different gases, three of which make up about 99.95% of the atmospherenitrogen (78.08%), oxygen (20.95%), and argon (0.92%). However, it is the gases that comprise the other 0.05% of the atmosphere (often called "trace" gases) that have scientists concerned. Two trace gases in particular, carbon dioxide and methane, have a very important attribute. While being virtually transparent to the shorter wavelengths of energy received from the sun, these gases readily absorb the longer wavelengths of energy given off by the earth. Thus, a portion of the energy from the earth that would normally be released to space is absorbed by these trace gases and is then retransmitted back toward the earth. Therefore, these trace gases have been termed "greenhouse" gases because they are somewhat analogous to the glass of a greenhouse. That is, they allow the sunlight to pass through but they prevent much of the energy from radiating back through.
GreenHouse Gas Online greenhouse Gas Online Keep current with global warming issues with this Web site edited by greenhouse gas scientist Dave Reay. greenhouse Gas Online offers current and archived articles from http://rdre1.inktomi.com/click?u=http://www.ghgonline.org./&y=0268A8953A3A44
Nitrous Oxide Reay, talks to BBC Radio 4 s Leading Edge program about nitrous oxide and current efforts to better quantify emissions of this powerful greenhouse gas from http://www.ghgonline.org/nitrousoxide.htm
Switch Off! A guide to identifying and eliminating wasteful energy practices that release greenhouses gases into the air. http://www.ecokidsonline.com/pub/eco_info/topics/climate/anti_idling/home.cfm
Extractions: Topics Switch off! A Pollution Solution is all about fun, learning and making a difference! Climate change affects everything on the planet. In our everyday activities Canadians use fossil fuels to power our vehicles and industries, and heat and cool our homes, schools and workplaces. Burning coal, oil and natural gas produces greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change. Each day idling engines release eight million kilograms of greenhouse gases into our air. - Natural Resources Canada Switch off! is an anti-idling teaching resource that provides students students with an opportunity to: The primary goals of Switch off! are to have students evaluate current conditions through scientific investigation and learn about the contribution idling vehicles make to the production of greenhouse gases. In addition, students will witness the impacts of their own efforts to educate the school community about switching off. The Switch off! program is simple in that it offers activities that can be done alone or in combination with others. The idea is to have students:
