Emission control: Turning carbon trash into treasure - environment - 29 September 2010 - New Scientist

Emission control: Turning carbon trash into treasure - environment - 29 September 2010 - New Scientist Carbon dioxide may be bad for the climate, but it's good for the roses. Perhaps it's time we rehabilitated this gaseous villain. Hundreds of greenhouses full of flowers dot the Dutch coast, where row after row of chrysanthemums, orchids and roses are fed carbon dioxide-enriched air, helping them to grow up to 30 per cent faster than normal. Each year, 400,000 tonnes of CO2 are captured and then piped to around 500 greenhouses between Rotterdam and The Hague, where it is absorbed by the growing plants before they are shipped for sale around the world (see "Cash for carbon").

Kilimanjaro's vanishing ice due to tree-felling - environment - 25 September 2010 - New Scientist

Kilimanjaro's vanishing ice due to tree-felling - environment - 25 September 2010 - New Scientist The ice on Kilimanjaro's summit has shrunk to just 15 per cent of its extent in 1912, leading campaigners to hold it up as a symbol of climate change. But other factors are also at play. For instance, the air at the summit is getting drier, reducing the snowfall that replenishes the ice and reflects solar radiation.

Using Clean Technology to Remedy Energy Poverty: Scientific American

Using Clean Technology to Remedy Energy Poverty: Scientific American The United Nations has called for universal access to modern energy services by 2030. At the same time, it has challenged the world to reduce energy intensity of 40 percent by that same year. If those two goals are met, the United Nations calculates, global emissions will increase by only 1.3 percent.

Richard Littlemore | Arctic Ice: There's bad news and worse news

Richard Littlemore | Arctic Ice: There's bad news and worse news Arctic Sea Ice Extent, which the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) in Boulder, Co., announced had reached its annual minimum on Sept. 10, has now slipped even further, to a point that could be below the 2008 minimum. That would make this the second lowest summer ice cover in recorded history.