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Surprise rise in CO2 gases worries experts

admin — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:46:37 -0500

Worldwide industrial emissions of carbon dioxide — the main gas tied to manmade global warming — jumped 3 percent last year, international scientists said Thursday.

Scientists team up in Houston to tackle global challenges

admin — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500

(Geological Society of America) More than 10,000 international scientists, professionals, educators and students will gather at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston Oct. 5-9, 2008, to discuss the latest research and trends in energy, water resources, climate change, agriculture, science education, earth sciences and related disciplines. This first-ever joint annual meeting is a collaboration that showcases the sciences of the sponsoring organizations.

Soils Contain Huge Amounts Of Ancient Carbon: When Does This Car...

admin — Thu, 15 May 2008 10:15:16 -0500

Knowing that soils are a potential climate change time-bomb is nothing new -- but now, for the first time, a group of international scientists have found a way to distinguish just how much of these ancient carbon stores are being lost to the atmosphere as carbon dioxide. This means that in the future they may be able to accurately forecast how loss of soil carbon will impact on climate change.

Sandia weighs in on new definition for kilogram

admin — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:00:00 -0600

The kilogram is losing weight and many international scientists, including some at Sandia National Laboratories, agree that its time to redefine it. Scientists are hoping to redefine the kilogram by basing it on standards of universal constants rather than on an artifact standard. "The idea is to replace the single master kilogram with something based on physical constants, rather than an artifact that could be damaged accidentally," says mechanical engineer Hy Tran, a project leader at the Primary Standards Laboratory at Sandia.