Green House Gas
Green House Gas: a gas in an atmosphere that absorbs and emits radiation within the thermal infrared range. This process is the fundamental cause of the greenhouse effect. The primary greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere are water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone.
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APR 16, 2019Earth & The Environment
APR 16, 2019A study recently published in Environmental Research Letters revealed increasing air temperatures—closely followed by precipitation—may be the...Written By: Tiffany DazetAPR 11, 2019Earth & The Environment
APR 11, 2019Recent research has revealed a new development that may take us closer to an ice-free Arctic summer. Scientists consider the Russian marginal seas of the A...Written By: Tiffany DazetAPR 09, 2019Health & Medicine
APR 09, 2019According to the State of Global Air 2019 report, air pollution is currently shortening life expectancy by an average of 20 months worldwide. This means th...Written By: Tiffany DazetAPR 05, 2019Earth & The Environment
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JAN 04, 2019Methane is a greenhouse gas considered to be 20-28 times more powerful than carbon dioxide....Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 17, 2018Videos
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JUL 17, 2018As permafrost starts to thaw out, it's exposing untold numbers of new bacteria, which can spew out methane....Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 10, 2018Earth & The Environment
JUL 10, 2018Lay off the stormwater ponds - they’re doing more good than you know! A new study published in the journal Ecosphere negates the previously held...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 22, 2018Chemistry & Physics
FEB 22, 2018We are not talking about cracking open eggs and put them into hydrogen fuel cells (not even during Easter). Chemical researchers from the Osaka City Univer...Written By: Yin (Daniel) DuanAUG 12, 2017Chemistry & Physics
AUG 12, 2017A satellite image shows the intensity o gas flaring at the fuel production sites at Bakken Formation, a geological region covers parts of Montana, North Da...Written By: Yin (Daniel) DuanFEB 10, 2017Earth & The Environment
FEB 10, 2017Massachusetts might be the first to spearhead a bill on carbon, instigating a system for a carbon tax that will encourage citizens and companies to utilize...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 10, 2015Earth & The Environment
SEP 10, 2015When it comes to cutting greenhouse gas emissions, carbon taxes work. Many policy makers who are working on reducing greenhouse gas emissions therefore put...Written By: Andrew J. Dunlop
APR 16, 2019
Earth & The Environment
APR 16, 2019
A study recently published in Environmental Research Letters revealed increasing air temperatures—closely followed by precipitation—may be the...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
APR 11, 2019
Earth & The Environment
APR 11, 2019
Recent research has revealed a new development that may take us closer to an ice-free Arctic summer. Scientists consider the Russian marginal seas of the A...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
APR 09, 2019
Health & Medicine
APR 09, 2019
According to the State of Global Air 2019 report, air pollution is currently shortening life expectancy by an average of 20 months worldwide. This means th...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
APR 05, 2019
Earth & The Environment
APR 05, 2019
Last week the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its 2018 Global Energy and CO2 Status Report. The IEA is an intergovernmental organization of 30 m...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
APR 01, 2019
Earth & The Environment
APR 01, 2019
Economic concerns, rather than environmental or regulatory, may be the key factor in replacing coal-generated electricity with renewable, clean energies. A...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAR 14, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
MAR 14, 2019
Whole Foods wants to sell you pot (probably...). Actually, they are eager to sell you pot "accessories", but more of the housewarming kind and le...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
MAR 07, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
MAR 07, 2019
The cannabis info website, Leafly.com, has just broken the news about how SXSW (that little gathering in Austin, TX) will be introducing a bit of...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
JAN 04, 2019
Microbiology
JAN 04, 2019
Methane is a greenhouse gas considered to be 20-28 times more powerful than carbon dioxide....
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 17, 2018
Videos
AUG 17, 2018
In simplest terms, food waste is food thrown in the garbage instead of being consumed. There is no use of throwing food and no benefit can come out of it....
Written By:
Nouran Amin
AUG 02, 2018
Microbiology
AUG 02, 2018
Temperatures are on the rise, and it seems soil will become another factor in how our climate changes....
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 17, 2018
Microbiology
JUL 17, 2018
As permafrost starts to thaw out, it's exposing untold numbers of new bacteria, which can spew out methane....
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 10, 2018
Earth & The Environment
JUL 10, 2018
Lay off the stormwater ponds - they’re doing more good than you know! A new study published in the journal Ecosphere negates the previously held...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 22, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
FEB 22, 2018
We are not talking about cracking open eggs and put them into hydrogen fuel cells (not even during Easter). Chemical researchers from the Osaka City Univer...
Written By:
Yin (Daniel) Duan
AUG 12, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
AUG 12, 2017
A satellite image shows the intensity o gas flaring at the fuel production sites at Bakken Formation, a geological region covers parts of Montana, North Da...
Written By:
Yin (Daniel) Duan
FEB 10, 2017
Earth & The Environment
FEB 10, 2017
Massachusetts might be the first to spearhead a bill on carbon, instigating a system for a carbon tax that will encourage citizens and companies to utilize...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 10, 2015
Earth & The Environment
SEP 10, 2015
When it comes to cutting greenhouse gas emissions, carbon taxes work. Many policy makers who are working on reducing greenhouse gas emissions therefore put...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
