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Natural gas flaring, a common practice in the United States, is used to dispose of the gas byproduct from oil extraction. While it can reduce the safety concerns of the natural gas on site, it also produces nitrogen oxides (NOx) that directly and indirectly impact air quality. The Clean Air Act requires the U.S. Environmental
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A recent study conducted by Dr. Armineh Barkhordarian from Universität Hamburg’s Cluster of Excellence for climate research CLICCS reveals alarming information about the future of the Arctic. The study confirms that marine heat waves will become a regular occurrence in the Arctic due to higher anthropogenic greenhouse-gas emissions. The data, published in the journal Communications
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Scientists from Penn State and Brown University have discovered that rocks once buried in ancient subduction zones hold vital clues for better predictions of how these zones behave between major earthquakes. This groundbreaking research has led to the development of a new model that can more accurately predict pressure solution activity in subduction zones. Published
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Governments and businesses have been putting excessive faith in the future removal of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere, rather than focusing on urgently reducing emissions and transitioning away from fossil fuels. New research published in Science highlights the dangers of this approach, revealing an incomplete understanding of the detrimental consequences of carbon dioxide removal
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Geoscientists have recently made a groundbreaking discovery that challenges the conventional explanation for how continents formed. According to a study published in Nature Communications, these researchers propose a new origin story that does not involve plate tectonics or any external factors. Instead, they argue that the continents developed solely through internal geological forces within oceanic
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Efficient cookstoves in developing countries have become a popular type of offset on the global carbon market, aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. However, a study conducted by researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, reveals that these credits significantly overestimate the carbon savings associated with cookstoves. In fact, the overestimation is found to be
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