Japan does not seem to lag behind in taking a constructive initiative to fight global warming along with the soaring oil prices. Banking on their home-made technology, it requires that all road vehicles be able to run on an eco-friendly mix of ethanol..
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The New Zealand government will be unveiling the changes in its climate change policy soon. It is last year; the carbon tax has been scrapped. Since, in December when the government announced of it’s not introducing the controversial carbon tax, it has.
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It cannot be denied that the greenhouse gas emissions have increases manifold along with the fears of its after-effects. To add to this, the oil prices are also soaring along with the increase in its demand.
To find a solution to this, U.S. automakers.
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With the north-eastern United States suffering from its worst flooding in years, at least nine people have been killed. The flood in north-eastern Pennsylvania alone forced up to 200,000 people to evacuate. Waters on the Susquehanna River is still…
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Do you know, fertilizers trigger disproportionate release of large amounts of carbon dioxide, contribution towards global warming?! The rainforest soil is widely polluted with phosphorus and nitrogen that come from agriculture.
Rainforest soils…
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Indonesia by now has been hit by a number of natural disasters — such as floods, landslides, disease outbreaks. The diseases include bird flu, tuberculosis, polio, diarrhea, acute respiratory problems, malaria, dengue fever, and anthrax.
The…
The great Andean glaciers are melting! Though the Andean mountains still have snow, a lot of rock is now showing through on many of them. The glaciers are receding alarmingly — at about 100 meters a decade!
The nearby Sacred Valley of the Incas is…
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Despite concerns and protests from environmentalists to prevent the Navy from using sonar, as it could not only disturb but also kill whales and dolphins, the federal regulators granted them with the permission to use sonar in a maritime…
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Nature has many more wonders in store, still unexplored. The icy waters near Antarctica is identified with more than 10 new species of spiders, some having legs that span half a meter!
The Australian Antarctic Division collected the creatures from the…
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Witness these amazing clouds formed over Iowa. They are taken by various Cedar Rapids, Iowa, residents on June 20, 2006. The clouds are weird and fascinated the who ever gazed at it.
These clouds emerged around 9:30 a.m. Central time. According…
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