
CO2, Methane Ousted as Worst Global Climate Change Chemicals

Move over CO2—you’ve been ousted, along with methane, as the biggest offenders of global climate change . According to a new a study by Purdue University and NASA, the major chemicals most frequently cited as leading to climate change, namely carbon dioxide and methane , are actually outclassed in their warming potential by compounds receiving less attention. The majority of “greenhouse gases” are created by humans . The results were discovered when researchers studied more than a dozen chemicals, or greenhouse gases as classified by their warming properties defined by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. From there, the team developed a blueprint for the underlying molecular machinery of global warming. The results appeared in the November 12, 2009 issue of the American Chemical Society’s Journal of Physical Chemistry , just in time for the convergence of world leaders in Copenhagen…










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Bill Maher: WTF Happened to "Yes We Can"?
[Political Opinion]Can we get out of Iraq? No. Afghanistan? No. Fix health care? No. Close Gitmo? No. Cap-and-trade carbon emissions? No. The Obamas have been in Washington for ten months and it seems like the only thing they've gotten is a dog.
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Global Warming Is Irreversible, Study Says
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Clean Energy 2030: Google's plan to save the planet
[Environment]Google has unveiled Clean Energy 2030, its plan to cut carbon emissions and reduce dependence on fossil fuels.
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Very Cool: Real Time "Map" of CO2 Emissions All Over World
[General Sciences]Breathing Earth. Real-time tracker of carbon dioxide emissions in countries all over world; also births/deaths, constantly updating real-time tracking while you're on the site. E.g; US (1000 tons CO2 every 5.4 seconds); China (1000 tons CO2 every 9.2 seconds); Chad (1000 tons CO2 every 66.4 hours). [FYI...click on "Enter" on site to get to map]...
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Scientists Unveil High-Res Map of the US Carbon Footprint
[Environment]A team of scientists has completed a carbon dioxide emissions inventory of the United States plotted down to 100 square kilometer chunks.

































