Trees Eat Pollution Better Than Expected : Discovery News

Trees Eat Pollution Better Than Expected : Discovery News It may be time to plant more trees since research finds they're even better at sucking up volatile organic compounds than thought.Genes have been found that help plants absorb volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Field work shows that deciduous plants use the genes to suck up a third more VOCs than suspected. The discovery will change our understanding of how compounds move around and affect climate.

Asia tops climate change's 'most vulnerable' list - environment - 20 October 2010 - New Scientist

Asia tops climate change's 'most vulnerable' list - environment - 20 October 2010 - New Scientist SEEKING to escape the worst effects of climate change? A comprehensive vulnerability index suggests you move to Scandinavia, Ireland or Iceland. And although Africa is often regarded as the most vulnerable continent, it finds that the teeming plains of Asia are at greater risk in the next 30 years. Ten of the 16 most vulnerable countries are in Asia (see map).

Flower Power: Genetic Modification Could Amply Boost Plants' Carbon-Capture and Bioenergy Capacity: Scientific American

Flower Power: Genetic Modification Could Amply Boost Plants' Carbon-Capture and Bioenergy Capacity: Scientific American A new review sums up options for increasing global carbon-sequestration by flora and speculates that genetically engineering crops and trees could enhance the process, trapping gigatons of the greenhouse gas as well as increasing bioenergy production By Mike Orcutt October 18, 2010 2

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Atmospheric CO2: Climate's 'Control Knob' : Discovery News

Atmospheric CO2: Climate's 'Control Knob' : Discovery News If water vapor and clouds account for roughly 75 percent of the greenhouse effect in the atmosphere, then why all of the fuss about carbon dioxide? New experiments by researchers at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York produce a dramatic answer to this question.

Observations: Will birth control solve climate change?

Observations: Will birth control solve climate change? An additional 150 people join the ranks of humanity every minute, a pace that could lead our numbers to reach nine billion by 2050. Changing that peak population number alone could save at least 1.4 billion metric tons of carbon from entering the atmosphere each year by 2050, according to a new analysis—the equivalent of cutting more than 10 percent of fossil fuel burning per year.