Posts Tagged ‘carbon dioxide’

Causes of Man-Made Earthquakes

Author: admin | Filed under: Energy & Environment, Geoscience Friday Jun 26,2009

With all of the craziness surrounding the recent stories about geothermal energy causing earthquakes, we thought we would point to a few good sources of information about the other types of man-made earthquakes.  For those of you interested in a nice summary of geothermal power plant and earthquake issues, we suggest that you take a look [...]

Global Peak Oil Consumption Could Impact Climate

Author: admin | Filed under: Energy & Environment, Global Warming Wednesday Sep 24,2008

We all know that fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas rise the percentage of atmospheric carbon dioxide. But most of us don’t know by how much. Well, the burning of fossil fuels account for about 80 percent of the atmospheric carbon dioxide put in to the atmosphere since the pre-industrial era.
To anticipate emissions from [...]

Seas to Rise Faster This Century

Author: admin | Filed under: Energy & Environment, Geoscience, Global Warming Sunday Sep 7,2008

According to a report made by some researchers,while tropical cyclones have been intensifying over the past few decades, it seems that global warming will cause sea levels to rise much faster by the end of the century. The rising temperatures will cause the oceans to swell with melted glacial ice, the study finds, likely flooding [...]

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