By P Gosselin on 7. January 2020
Share this…FacebookTwitterA number of countries have even made wood-burning a part of their drive to cut down on CO2 emissions. For example cities like Munich, Germany are seeing a rise in wood burning as a source of heat. Moreover, many German cities are moving to ban diesel engine cars because of the CO2 they produce […]
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By Kenneth Richard on 8. July 2019
Share this…FacebookTwitterA new paper finds the performance of test-taking (cognitive, decision-making) “astronaut-like” subjects exposed to 5000 ppm CO2 was “similar to or exceeded” the performance of those exposed to baseline (600 ppm). This study follows up on a 2018 paper that determined submariners exposed to 15000 ppm CO2 performed just as well as subjects exposed […]
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By Kenneth Richard on 22. April 2019
Share this…FacebookTwitterThe Earth has been rapidly greening in recent decades, and CO2 fertilization may explain 70% of the trend (Zhu et al., 2016). A new study finds models have significantly underestimated the greening effect of rising CO2. Image Source: Winkler et al., 2019 CO2 is a pollutant? In recent years, carbon dioxide (CO2), an essential […]
Posted in CO2 and GHG, Emissions, Pollution, Warming/CO2 Benefiting Earth |
By P Gosselin on 27. January 2019
Share this…FacebookTwitterLeipzig, 20 December 2018 Researchers from Leipzig cooperate with scientists from Punta Arenas (Chile) to learn more about the relationship between air pollution, clouds and precipitation. Leipzig/Punta Arenas. How do airborne particles, so-called aerosols, affect the formation and life cycle of clouds and precipitation? In order to come one step closer to solving this […]
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By P Gosselin on 1. January 2019
Share this…FacebookTwitter By Kirye in Tokyo Hachijojima is a rural-type island off the coast from the megapolis of Tokyo in the Pacific. What makes Hachijojima interesting is that it is ideal for comparing its trend to a heavily urban environment, like Tokyo’s. Hachijojima is located roughly 300 km, out to sea, from Tokyo and thus […]
Posted in Cooling/Temperature, Data Manipulation, Natural Oceanic Oscillations, Pollution |
By P Gosselin on 24. October 2018
Share this…FacebookTwitterWhile German activists are growing hysterical over fine particle emissions from today’s relatively cleaner diesel automobiles, the German Allgemeine Zeitung here reports that researchers have determined that low-frequency infrasound from wind turbines indeed do have a negative impact on the human heart. Infrasound from wind turbines can affect heart health, new findings show. Image: DrJanaOfficial […]
Posted in Alternative Energy, Emissions, Pollution, Wind Power |
By P Gosselin on 30. September 2018
Share this…FacebookTwitterWe have to face it: The West has done our planet no favor by moving industrial production and manufacturing to China. Trump is right, many of factories and industries are better back home, even if it means paying a bit more for products. Not only does the China use the oceans as a global dump […]
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By Kenneth Richard on 20. August 2018
Share this…FacebookTwitterOver the years there has been a sustained effort to portray human exposure to very high levels of CO2 as toxic. A new study undercuts these claims, as the decision-making performances of controlled-experiment participants were not impaired when exposed to CO2 concentrations as high as 15,000 ppm. As a political activist, Al Gore has […]
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By P Gosselin on 29. May 2018
Share this…FacebookTwitterSince environmental elitists have taken the helm in Europe, they like to fancy themselves and pose as rescuers of the planet. The climate rescue delusion One example is Europe’s claim to being the global leader in climate protection. Leaders like having everyone believe that Europe reducing CO2 emissions 80% by 2050 will to save […]
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By P Gosselin on 23. May 2018
Share this…FacebookTwitterDubbed as a clean source of energy, new research findings show that home and property owners producing “clean, CO2-neutral” solar electricity with solar modules may in fact soon find themselves sitting on a pile of hazardous waste once the module lifetime expires. In many countries, it is illegal to simply discard hazardous materials into […]
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By P Gosselin on 20. May 2018
Share this…FacebookTwitterRecent German Ministry of Environment findings showing 6000 premature deaths annually due to nitrogen dioxide (stemming in large part from diesel cars) called “bogus”, made up “horror-news” and “fear mongering”. A study commissioned by the German Ministry of Environment and released in March found that nitrogen dioxide, in large part emitted by diesel engines, had […]
Posted in Media / Bias, Pollution |
By P Gosselin on 3. December 2016
Share this…FacebookTwitterEmissions trading was set up to entice fossil fuel intense companies to reduce their CO2 emissions, and thus in this way help bring atmospheric CO2 concentrations to a standstill, and thus rescue the climate, according to the man-made global warming theory. New report by Carbon Market Watch shows large corporations raking in billions in […]
Posted in Climate Politics, CO2 and GHG, Green Follies, Pollution |
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