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A new report says treaties aimed at reducing CO2 emissions are useless. The Institution of Mechanical Engineers report says we have to accept the world could change dramatically. It also says we should start planning our major infrastructure now to accommodate more extreme weather events and sea level rises. While not against attempts to reduce emissions, the report's authors say we should be realistic about what can be achieved with...
2009-02-13
climate change CO2 carbon emissions Kyoto Protocol realistic adaptationBatteries made from plain copier paper could make for future energy storage that is truly paper thin.
2009-12-08
battery energy paper carbon nanotechnologyThose who fell for the ploy were directed to a fake emissions registry website with the authority's logo. The scam allowed the cyber-criminals to capture security codes and passwords needed to gain access to company accounts, enabling them to steal carbon permits and resell them through trading accounts registered in Denmark and Britain. The head of the German Emissions Trading Authority, Hans-Juergen Nantke, said the crime was a...
2010-02-05
crime theft Internet phishing carbon businessScientists say they have confirmed that a meteorite that crashed into earth 40 years ago contains millions of different organic compounds. It is thought the Murchison meteorite could be even older than the Sun.
2010-02-15
meteorite organic Solar system life extraterrestrial life carbonTwinkling in the sky is a diamond star of 10 billion trillion trillion carats, astronomers have discovered. The cosmic diamond is a chunk of crystallised carbon, 4,000 km across, some 50 light-years from the Earth in the constellation Centaurus. It's the compressed heart of an old star that was once bright like our Sun but has since faded and shrunk.
2004-02-16
carbon crystal star astronomy chemistryEven the most extreme geoengineering approaches will not stop sea levels from rising due to climate change, a study suggests.
2010-08-24
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2010-12-02
biochemistry arsenic life extraterrestrial life biology DNA bacteria astrobiology microbiology phosphorus carbon hydrogen oxygen nitrogen sulfurA US-British team of astronomers has discovered the first planet with ultra-high concentrations of carbon. The researchers say their discovery supports the idea there may be carbon-rich, rocky planets whose terrains are made up of diamonds or graphite.
2010-12-08
extrasolar planet carbon diamond astronomy chemistryChemical factories around young stars may give rise to far more complex molecules than previously thought.
2011-10-28
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