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TNPCB urged to not build waste incinerator plant in Kodungaiyur
The organisations warned that the plant, once operational, will generate CO2 emissions equivalent to the emissions from 8.92 lakh passenger cars every...
Climate change could melt frozen methane from deep ocean waters:...
8 Dec 2023They said that as frozen methane and ice melted, methane moved from the deepest parts of the continental slope to the edge of the underwater shelf.
Some crops tolerate ozone pollution better than others: Study
6 Dec 2023A crop is designated as C3 or C4 depending on whether the CO2 it captures from the air is initially converted into a 3-carbon or 4-carbon compound,...
Study calculates carbon footprint of a hospital bed
18 Sept 2023Medical products as the hospital’s primary hotspots, accounting for over half of the yearly footprint, totalling 3500-5000 tons of carbon dioxide...
Land ecosystems becoming less efficient at absorbing CO2: Study
21 Dec 2020Researchers have identified an unsettling trend - as levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere increase, 86 per cent of land ecosystems...
Global CO2 emissions to rise by 1.5 bn tonnes in 2021: IEA
21 April 2021Global energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions will see a rise of 1.5 billion tonnes -- the second-largest annual increase ever -- in 2021, the...
Parts of Amazon go from absorbing CO2 to emitting it
16 July 2021Portions of the Amazon rainforest are now emitting more carbon dioxide than they absorb — a troubling sign for the fight against climate change, a new...