News Stories relating to "greenhouse gases"
Thursday, May 29, 2014
The sound of running water has long been associated with positive health benefits, and the appealing sound of a babbling brook can be found on many recordings intended to aid relaxation and induce sleep. No countryside picnic is complete without the sweet singing of a shallow stream somewhere nearby, and water features that emulate the...
Monday, April 14, 2014
A new report released last week by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has further highlighted the fact that emissions of greenhouse gases worldwide have risen to unprecedented levels, despite an increasing number of global measures to reduce climate change.
The report indicates that emissions increased more...
Thursday, June 6, 2002
Automobiles and power plants spew out tons of greenhouse gases daily that contribute to global warming, but a little known secret is that sheep and cattle do too. They produce huge amounts of methane, which is a major contributor to the greenhouse effect. We may have to find alternate power sources and give up our SUVs, but do we have to become...
Monday, April 22, 2002
While Congress was debating whether or not to drill for oil in the Alaskan Wildlife Refuge, NASA scientists have discovered that the Earth?s crust contains enough hydrogen to end the world?s energy problems.
Professor Friedemann Freund, of the Ames Research Center in California, says the hydrogen is produced when water molecules break...