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Scientists Say Planet May Have Mountains of Diamonds
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(Dec. 9) -- If Earth is the Blue Planet, call this the Bling Planet. Astronomers say they have spotted a planet that could contain mountains of diamonds. WASP-12b, a gas giant about 871 light-years from Earth, seems to have an unusually large amount of carbon in its atmosphere. Diamonds form when carbon is compressed at extremely high temperatures. JPL-Caltech / NASA This illustration shows the searing-hot gas planet WASP-12b (orange orb) and its star. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope discovered that the planet has more carbon than oxygen, making it the first carbon-rich planet ever ...
Old Fights Plague Climate Talks in Cancun
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CANCUN, Mexico (Dec. 6) -- Deep, longstanding divisions between industrialized powers and developing nations over how to fight global warming are festering as negotiators today begin their second week of talks on climate change. The developed world wants emerging economies like China and India to take a greater role in reducing carbon emissions, but those countries insist that rich nations have a "historic responsibility" to reduce greenhouse gases. Developing countries also argue that they will need to continue to depend on fossil fuels to help their economies grow. "We need three aspects ...
Two Scientists Win Nobel in Physics for Atom-Thin Material
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STOCKHOLM (Oct. 5) -- Russian-born scientists Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov shared the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for "groundbreaking experiments" with an atom-thin material expected to play a large role in electronics. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences cited Geim and Novoselov, who are both linked to universities in Britain, for experiments with graphene, a flake of carbon that is only one atom thick. Handout, AFP / Getty Images Andre Geim, left, and Konstantin Novoselov won the 2010 Nobel Physics Prize for their pioneering work on graphene, a form of carbon which conducts ...
Cap-and-Trade Will Be Part of Senate Climate Change Bill
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailySenate Majority Leader Harry Reid confirmed Tuesday that the Senate will soon debate a bill to reduce pollution and that the legislation will include a scaled back version House-passed language to reduce carbon output by charging some polluters for emissions above a certain threshold. Reid said that the bill is still in "rough draft form," but he gave an outline of what he plans to introduce in the Senate two weeks from now. Specifically, he said the bill will address four issues key to reforming the energy sector in the United States: responding to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico; ...
E.P.A. Rules Greenhouse Gases Dangerous, Sets Up Carbon Regulation
By David Sessions - Politics DailyAt a press event Monday afternoon in Washington, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that it has ruled greenhouse gases are a threat to public health, opening the door for the regulation of carbon emissions from automobiles, power plants, and other sources. "These long-overdue findings cement 2009's place in history as the year when the United States government began addressing the challenge of greenhouse-gas pollution and seizing the opportunity of clean-energy reform," said EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson. "This continues our work towards clean energy reform that will cut GHGs ...
Opinion: Time to Go to Plan B on Climate Change
By not in system - AOL News(Nov. 17) -- Facing fourth down and long odds, President Barack Obama's decision to punt on climate by pushing off a global treaty to a future U.N. summit is the smartest strategic move he's made on the issue so far this year. He knew the Senate was preparing to fumble, failing to advance effective emissions legislation. By convincing global leaders to opt for something less than a formal treaty, he reduces the likelihood of complete failure at December's Copenhagen negotiations followed by another defeat in Washington. By moving the goalposts at Copenhagen, Obama gives climate advocates an ...
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