As was alluded to in a recent article, the world’s usual carbon sinks of oceans and forests are absorbing less carbon dioxide than in the past. Overall, recent studies have found that the environment is only absorbing approximately 55 percent of carbon dioxide created by man. However, another study has pinpointed the absorbency of the oceans without including forests and ...

Televisions are a staple of most American homes, contributing to daily routines. It is estimated that upwards of 10 percent of all electricity use in a home is due to television viewing. In addition, televisions are becoming increasingly larger and requiring more energy.

In order to curb the energy use of televisions, the California Energy Commission recently announced new television standards for the state of California. Such a decision will most likely lead to a ripple effect across ...

A report detailing the carbon dioxide emissions worldwide in 2008 was recently published in the journal Nature Geoscience. Despite a recession in 2008, the worldwide carbon dioxide emissions rose, predominantly due to China.

In 2008, the worldwide totals for carbon dioxide emissions rose two percent. In this decade, the average increase has been 3.6 percent per year. Experts are predicting, however, that 2009 will see a decline in carbon emissions around three percent due to the recession.

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A great disappointment for environmentalists everywhere is the general consensus by governments across the globe that a legally binding agreement in Copenhagen will not occur. Instead governments are pointing to later meetings, like one following in Mexico City, as targets for more binding talks.

The governments, including the United States and Denmark, have decided to perceive Copenhagen as a forum to reach a framework for future legal agreements. The overall consensus is that ...

A team of researchers studying glaciers in Greenland recently published their study in the journal Science. The researchers used satellite data provided by the twin satellites of the Grace satellite mission. The satellites are able to provide detailed data pertaining to the Earth’s surface using gravity mapping.

The studying of the glaciers in Greenland is important due to the role Greenland will play in global warming. If the ice sheet in Greenland was to melt, the sea levels ...

Coastal cities are greatly concerned with the likelihood of increasing sea levels due to global warming. Many experts are predicting that worldwide sea levels will rise three feet in the next 100 years. However, some of the destruction expected by sea level rises are already being seen in some areas of the world.

In Hawaii, sea levels have not been shown to be rising at a greater rate due to global warming as of yet, however the beaches are experiencing drastic erosion. The erosion is being ...

The estimated percentage of greenhouse gas emissions emitted due to deforestation worldwide varies between 12 and 25 percent. However, in Brazil deforestation of the Amazon amounts to 75 percent of all of Brazil’s greenhouse gas emissions each year. In addition to being a threat due to global warming, deforestation of the Amazon destroys a fragile ecosystem.

Since 1988, the government of Brazil has been keeping track of the rate of deforestation in the country. 2004 proved to ...

The National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy and non-profit Climate Central, funded a recent study regarding record high and low temperatures across the United States. The researchers involved came from Climate Central, The Weather Channel, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Center for Atmospheric Research. Their findings will be published in the Geophysical Research Letters publication.

The researchers gathered data for the last six ...

It is well known that the worldwide tiger population is extremely low, so low that many do not expect tigers in the wild to survive much longer. An estimated 3200 tigers exist in the wild, all in Asia. The countries in which these creatures still roam wild include: Russia, Thailand, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, China, Myanmar, India and Nepal.

Deforestation, poaching and human encroachment upon their habitat is causing the dwindling tiger population. Tigers ...

The United States’ Environmental Protection Agency recently released a study regarding lakes across the country. The EPA tested 500 lakes and reservoirs across the country for mercury and polychlorinated biphenyls in fish. The study related to samples taken between 2000 and 2003.

The study found that all fish collected had some levels of each contaminant. However, 49 percent of the lakes had fish with levels of mercury which the EPA considers unsafe for consumption. Polychlorinated ...