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Growth of Emissions Predicted in the U.S. for the Next Decade |
 ...S will grow during the next decade just as much as they did previously.
Despite its negative side this document, developed for the United Nations, shows that the emissions of gases causing global warming grow, but with a slower pace as the economy does. This trend corresponds completely with the goal set by the president 5 years ago, that is: the carbon dioxide emissions should not grow faster than the economy.
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Scientist's call upon policy makers on global warming |
 ...Scientists gathered at Arctic Science Summit Week, which started on Wednesday in New Hampshire to make up their mind on crucial changes in the North Pole that highlights global warming more than ever before.
Ross Virginia, one of the organizers of the Arctic Science Summit on global warming, pre-opened the summit with a speech that was to make everyone realize the problem of the environment. She asked everyone to join... |
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Toilet Flushes Cuts in Prison |
 ...the new system will be the prison at Gatton, west of Brisbane.
Mr. Spence said that there should be a regime in prisons to shorten water wastage. Prisoners spend a lot of time in the shower, often warming the cells at cold nights. They use water unlimitedly.
Nationals MP Rob Messenger also said that there should be restrictions as many prisoners do not feel any.
He claimed that parliament prisoners often have a ... |
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Ten Unnoticed Effects of Global Warming |
| ...The LiveScience Magazine has published a Top 10 global warming side-effects that not everyone knows about. Global warming is, actually, not only about ice melting in the Arctic and temperature rising. It could turn into very strange things. Here they are:
10. More aggravated and aggressive allergies (the "MAAAA")
People are experiencing more aggravated and aggressive allergy fits and, partly, experts blame the global wa... |
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Second Smallest Country on Earth is Disappearing |
 ...Deputy Prime Minister of a tiny South Pacific island of Tuvalu calls to the rest of the world to take urgent action as his nation is at danger of disappearing due to global warming. Experts claim that island can sink in less than 50 years.
The country,measuring a mere 26 km2 and its 10,500 people could be the first to sink due to the current rising sea level. Tuvalu island is a part of atolls and reefs that are no mo... |
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Antarctic Microbes to Tell about Past and Future of Climate Change |
 ... living in Antarctica may not have links to current reconstructions of the former glacial ice extent, the roots of which go back more than 23 million years.
The Antarctica of today, due to global warming, is less than 1 percent ice-free. Scientists believe that throughout ice ages there was not enough ice-free land required for the continent's plants and animal species. In such conditions both plants and animal life w... |
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One Million of 100-Year-Olds by 2050, Half of Them to Face Dementia |
 ...More and more people live to 100 and beyond in Britain, yet the fight against age-related diseases assumes the same importance as global warming and terrorism, according to a leading scientist.
Dr Guy Brown, a neuroscientist from the Cambridge University, is warning that gradual increase in lifespan implies that more and more elderly people have to spend the last decades of their life in the struggle against disabilit... |
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The Nobel Prize 2007 Has Been Given Away |
 ...tal Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. have received congratulations on this year's Nobel Prize for peace. They have earned it for making people acquainted with the global warming problem. The two awardees will share the prize in half for being equally committed to the problem of man-made climate changes.
The Nobel Prize for peace given to two fighters against global warming shows the acknowle... |
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Divorces Cause Global Warming, Study Says |
 ...Environmentalists warn that increasing number of divorces causes global warming and people should think twice before making a decision that has a crucial impact on our environment.
As experts from Michigan State University explain, the use of natural resources becomes less efficient if woman moves out to a new place after divorce. As a result, more land of housing is needed with increased expenditure on utilities.
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Biggest Fears Worldwide Revealed |
 ...ncluded 18 countries worldwide with more than 1000.
Terrorism was the biggest fear in all countries, with war being on the second place. Britons said that the biggest threat to the planet was global warming, followed by natural disasters that also were named among the biggest fears.
The most pessimistic nation were the Greeks, with 74 percent having a negative outlook on modern society. The most optimistic nation were ... |
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Global Warming will Launch the Global Wars |
 ...Global warming is likely to cause political and social conflicts worldwide, the UN officials declared.
Climate changes may result in global civil war, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, a leading climate specialist reported on UN climate change conference on Bali Island, Indonesia.
The fight against global warming requires a lot of cooperation from countries around the world but it may as well increase the rivalry for signif... |
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Earth Hour Will be Marked Worldwide |
| ...As much as 13 cities around the world will turn off the lights for an hour on Saturday March 29 next year to deliver a message to all people about making some action against global warming.
Earth Hour is a campaign that urges people worldwide to express their concern for global warming. The fist city that took part in the campaign was Sydney, Australia to reduce the greenhouse emissions by five percent in 2007. The e... |
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