Heavier people produce more greenhouse gases, researchers say. Watching your weight does more than protect your health. It also may help fight climate change. Researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine say that because food productio
The composting process also reduces methane emissions from landfills because it occurs in anaerobic conditions and does not produce the same amount of methane that traditional landfill decomposition does. In addition, compostable packaging is generally lighter than traditional plastic packaging and has a s...
calculate some of the less-visible pollution created by food production. His team focused on greenhouse gases emitted through the production of our food, including carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (甲烷) and the nitrous oxide (氧化亚氮). All three gases are powerful in warming the earth’s ...
Introduction Industrialization has significantly improved human development and productivity growth regarding economic well-being and brought unprecedented natural disasters. “Resource curses,”“pollution paradises,” and “global warming” have become critical international concerns since the middle of the las...
The greenhouse gas methane is a very potent greenhouse gas, as it combines with other elements to form thole gases, which trap heat in the atmosphere. When there is enough of this gas in the air, it will absorb heat from the sun and send the air rushing through the greenhouse, absorbing...
Nuclear plants can produce long-range air pollution and water pollution. Since nuclear plants need huge amounts of cooling water, they're often built by the coast—but that makes them dangerously susceptible to rising sea levels and earthquake tsunamis. At the end of their life, nuclear plants...
Electric vehicles have become increasingly popular in recent years as people attempt to find ways to minimized their carbon footprint and minimize their contribution of greenhouse gases. By choosing to use an electric vehicle, such as a Prius, an individual can significantly decrease their use of ...
The real problem with home heating is retaining the heat you produce: in winter, the air surrounding your home and the soil or rock on which it stands are always at a much lower temperature than the building so, no matter how efficient your heating is, your home will still lose heat ...
If such packaging is burnt, it gives off greenhouse gases which go on to cause the greenhouse effect. Recycling helps, but the process itself uses energy. The solution is not to produce such items in the first place. Food waste is a serious problem, too. Too many supermarkets encourage ...
* CO2-equivalent (CO2-e) is the universal unit of measurement to indicate the full global warming potential (GWP) of a particular greenhouse gas emission. It takes into account the GWP of each of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases, and expresses them in terms of the equivalent units of carbon...