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Referring to the surrounding ecosystem of the planet Earth, its natural mechanisms and balances, and study of the effects of human interaction with it.
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Does one Volcanic eruption release more CFC's into the atmosphere than all man made CFC's co...
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A study was published in 2006 specifically looking for CFCs and other halogenated compounds in volcanic plumes. The study involved collecting gas samples while flying over fumaroles emitting v …
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Are cars in Arizona melting in the 2018 summer heat?
The weather is not melting cars. But there was a big fire in Tucson and the heat from the fire melted plastic parts on a bunch of cars in the parking lot. The pictures in this article fairly clearly …
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Are electric cars beneficial to the environment compared to low consumption modern cars?
This question can be answered using a Life Cycle Analysis, which looks at emissions over the total life cycle of a product - including manufacture, use, and disposal. Many such studies have been perf …
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Does the phase-out of incandescent light bulbs measurably reduce overall electrical power co...
A very simplistic calculation shows that the initial energy input is quickly paid back. The cited numbers show a manufacturing energy difference of 1.8 - .11 = 1.69 kW-hr = 1690 W-hrs. A CFL with a li …
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Does physics give a climate sensitivity to carbon dioxide of about 3°C?
Very few people disagree with the basic fact that the greenhouse gas CO2 warms the climate, but without some kind of positive feedback mechanism, it doesn’t add very much: around 1°C-1.2°C per doubli …
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