Measuring a Different Type of Outsourcing: CO2 Emissions
EPA's New Emission Rules Finally Getting Implemented - Aimed at Large Scale Polluters
Polluting Ships may actually Reduce Global Warming!
California Unveils Draft Cap-and-Trade Rules
Plants May Contribute to Global Warming
President Obama Mandates Federal Energy Efficiency Improvements & Emission Reduction Targe
Accuracy of Oil Spill Flow Data Challenged
India’s Booming Solar Industry Reinforces Linde as a Leading Gas Technology Supplier to PV
States Sue EPA Regarding Greenhouse Gas Regulations
Tiny Water Bubbles may aid in Fighting Global Warming
Copenhagen Climate Conference Riot - Police Beat Protesters as Talks Inside Deadlocked
Global Carbon Emissions Down 1.3% in 2009
Berkeley Lab Creates New Energy Consumption Model For Chinese Cities
New Zealand Passes Carbon Trade Laws while Australia Edges Closer
U.S. Carbon Emissions Up, Not Down
Global Warming Creates Demand For Greenhouse Gas Sniffers: Technology to Pinpoint Source of Emissions
A growing number of firms such as Picarro, a California based firm, are filling the niche. Picarro is on the cutting edge in manufacturing real time greenhouse gas sampling analyzers for researchers, governments, and industry. These analyzers are able to continuously measure concentrations of atmospheric gases and, coupled with GPS technology, produce detailed contour maps showing where greenhouse gases are produced.
The analyzers work by measuring the absorption of laser light at particular frequencies. As each greenhouse gas has its own absorption frequency, by determining the amount of absorption at a particular frequency, both the gas composition and concentration can be determined. In this way, baseline emissions can be determined and in the future, when greenhouse gases are regulated, industry can be equitably rewarded for compliance or properly punished for violations.
via NY Times
Recommended for Further Reading:
- Measuring a Different Type of Outsourcing: CO2 Emissions
- EPA's New Emission Rules Finally Getting Implemented - Aimed at Large Scale Polluters
- Polluting Ships may actually Reduce Global Warming!
- California Unveils Draft Cap-and-Trade Rules
- Plants May Contribute to Global Warming
- President Obama Mandates Federal Energy Efficiency Improvements & Emission Reduction Targe
- Accuracy of Oil Spill Flow Data Challenged
- India’s Booming Solar Industry Reinforces Linde as a Leading Gas Technology Supplier to PV
- States Sue EPA Regarding Greenhouse Gas Regulations
- Tiny Water Bubbles may aid in Fighting Global Warming
- Copenhagen Climate Conference Riot - Police Beat Protesters as Talks Inside Deadlocked
- Global Carbon Emissions Down 1.3% in 2009
- Berkeley Lab Creates New Energy Consumption Model For Chinese Cities
- New Zealand Passes Carbon Trade Laws while Australia Edges Closer
- U.S. Carbon Emissions Up, Not Down
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The sun emits a whole bunch of energy that you see as visible light. It also has some photons of energy that comes as UV (which is why you should wear sunscreen) and infrared light which you can't see. Much of the light that shines onto the earth is absorbed by the ground, water, plants, etc. However, a lot of this light is also reflected away from the earth and shoots out into space.
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