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79Sorry Folks, Planting Forests Will Not Stop Global Warming
Afforestation, which is the conversion of croplands or marginal lands to new forested land, is a major climate change strategy endorsed by the UN. However, a new modeling study has shown that even if half the current croplands were converted to forests the net temperature reduction would only be a quarter of a degree centigrade (0.25 degrees C). Why so low and what are the implications?
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76Floods, Blizzards, Cold Snaps Derail the Climate Change Debate
When you are snowed in and shivering its hard to believe that the world is getting warmer. When your house is flooded its hard to believe that Global Warming will cause more droughts. Recent events are derailing support for climate change.
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75The consequences of global warming - 3 major examples
Find out about some of the major consequences of global warming as well as an explanation as to what global warming is.
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77Venus; Its Curious Orbital Relationship to Earth
Earth and Venus are in a curious orbital relationship that is described as phase locking. In the immediate term, Venus and Earth affect each others orbits causing various cycles to manifest on earth that in turn have influenced human perception of time cycles. There are other affects as well that have manifested in religions around the world.
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78Have Humans Lost Their Visions Or Their Minds?
Nature is so balanced. Mankind should be learning from it instead of destroying it.
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76FOLIAGE AND THEIR FUNCTION
Green leaves give way to autumn colours This is the second article in the series looking at how plants and trees live and thrive. In the first article it was the roots and rhizomes that was under review. As...
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86How to Make a C02 Reactor and Diffuser for a Planted Fish Tank, DIY
I have had a lot of friends asking how I keep my aquarium plants so green and healthy. The trick is to have good lighting (around 1.5w per gallon) and carbon dioxide to help your plants grow when that...
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86Carbon Dioxide: Carbon(IV) Oxide
Preparation of Carbon(IV) oxide (carbon dioxide)and the Kipp's apparatus. Chemical properties of carbon(IV) oxide that include reaction with water, with red-hot carbon, with alkalis and with burning magnesium. Test for carbon(IV) oxide.
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82Are Rising Carbon Dioxide Levels Better For Plants?
One common argument by people who don't think we should be doing anything about carbon dioxide emissions is that rising levels of carbon dioxide will benefit plants. They are right. An increase in atmospheric...
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78Are Kerosene Heaters Safe?
As the outside temperatures drop, more and more people look to kerosene heaters as an emergency or supplemental heat source. How safe are kerosene heaters in your home?
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