Climate Change
NASA will receive $2.4 billion to study climate change
The NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) primarily studies space. But US president Barack Obama wants it to pay more attention to Earth. That’s why he is giving the government agency $2.4 billion to study climate change, over the next [...]
Dividing the problem, the greenhouse gases
The atmosphere is made up of numerous gases. The ones in larger quantities are nitrogen (78%) and oxygen (21%). This leaves around only 1% for other gases such as carbon dioxide (the famous CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O), [...]
What is carbon or emissions trading?
For many people, climate change is already a fact. Scientific studies are all around, showing us over and over again how we humans are so mistakenly managing natural resources that we are bringing on our own destruction. We are altering [...]
Interactive simulation models help environmental decision-making
Picture yourself as a politician, or a decision-maker, who, among other things, needs to address climate change. The day may come when you need to decide how much to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. How can you decide on this wisely [...]
The M2M Partnership seeks to lower methane emissions
The Methane to Markets Partnership is an international initiative that works to investigate and foster cost-effective methods to avoid methane leaks, and to use it as a clean energy source. This task is an important one. Why? Because methane accounts [...]
