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Antarctic winter ice gets bigger; Arctic shrinks

The amount of sea ice around Antarctica has grown in recent Septembers in what could be an unusual side-effect of global warming, experts said on Friday. In the southern hemisphere winter, when emperor penguins huddle together against the biting cold, … Continue reading

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Simple Actions to Reduce Global Warming

The future is not somewhere we are going. It is something we are creating. Every day we do things that make some futures more probable and others less likely. Global warming already disrupts millions of lives daily in the forms … Continue reading

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Biomass Characterization for Ethanol Production

As discussion circulates with respect to the United States dependence on foreign oil to fuel its economy, biofuels are readily being examined as viable, economic alternatives to oil. Biofuels, which are produced from various types of organic materials known as … Continue reading

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Untouched forests store 3 times more carbon

Untouched natural forests store three times more carbon dioxide than previously estimated and 60 percent more than plantation forests, said a new Australian study of “green carbon” and its role in climate change. Green carbon occurs in natural forests, brown … Continue reading

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