Carbon Dioxide Archives - The Westside Story

The world is getting greener, with China and India leading the effort

Feb 17, 2019

The planet is getting greener, with an expansion of vegetation coverage over the last two decades equivalent to the area covered by the Amazon rainforest, according to a new study, covered by BBC News. Surprisi...

Study shows higher atmospheric CO2 has fueled faster plant growth worldwide

West Side Story

Apr 5, 2017

Environment, Science

A new report shows that increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere since the industrial revolution has sped up the growth of plants throughout the world. The information helps solve a question among scientists,...

Researchers at MIT and the University of Toronto make breakthroughs toward turning harmful CO2 into clean fuel

West Side Story

Nov 17, 2016

Environment, Innovation, Science

While debates in U.S. election focused on such issues as email servers and immigration phobia, critics have pointed out that the most important single issue faced by the global community was virtually ignored b...

Scientists show that increased plant growth has partially offset CO2 increases, but not enough to stop climate change

West Side Story

Nov 11, 2016

Environment, Science

New research has shown that the rise of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has slowed since the start of the century, thanks in part to the increased growth of plants due to higher carbon dioxide levels in the ai...

Artic’s Permafrost slowly adding more carbon to the atmosphere

Cody Gash

Apr 27, 2015

Innovation

Skidaway Institute of Oceanography – Permafrost, submerged under the soil layers in the arctic region is now slowly releasing carbon into the atmosphere. Due to global warming, the ice on the soil surface has s...

Denmark’s claim to parts of North Pole could strain diplomatic relations

Charles Omedo

Dec 16, 2014

Innovation

Several countries like Russia, Canada, and Norway have laid claims to parts of the Arctic in the North Pole, but Denmark has joined the fray and this could cause an international rift that might strain diplomat...

Respondents find the idea of crops emitting CO2 responsible for climate change offensive

Charles Omedo

Nov 23, 2014

Innovation

Since agricultural scientists have announced earlier this week that carbon-dioxide increases crop productivity per acre while ultimately contributing to climate change, many respondents and commenters on social...

NSF finds four agricultural crops causing rise in global warming levels, exhale CO2 as they grow

Platonium

Nov 22, 2014

Innovation

The levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere see a drastic drop in the Northern Hemisphere each year. It’s a widely known fact that plants inhale carbon dioxide in summers, and they exhale it in the season wh...

NASA releases an insane video of how Carbon-Dioxide is floating in Earth’s Atmosphere and it’s serious

Platonium

Nov 20, 2014

Innovation

NASA Scientists now have a better understanding of how carbon dioxide travels and spreads round our atmosphere, and indeed all over the globe. They were able to accomplish this simulation through a computer mod...

NASA Scientists simulate how carbon-dioxide circulates in Earth’s Atmosphere whole year

Charles Omedo

Nov 19, 2014

Innovation

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