Read more carbon stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5428/carbon.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:56:14 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/65654/jellyfish-journeys-may-affect-climate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJellyfish may be secretly affecting the climate of the oceans: Their movements appear to help change the balance of carbon in the atmosphere, NPR reports. Many jellyfish hide from predators deep underwater during the day and head to the surface at night for a snack, says an oceanographer. When they...http://www.newser.com/story/65654/jellyfish-journeys-may-affect-climate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 30 Jul 2009 8:57:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65452/jacko-hair-to-be-made-into-diamonds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA diamond company plans to turn the King of Pop's hair into bling, the New York Daily News reports. Company officials claim they have a lock of Michael Jackson's hair—obtained from the producer of the Pepsi commercial that set the singer's hair ablaze—and it intends to extract the...http://www.newser.com/story/65452/jacko-hair-to-be-made-into-diamonds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Jul 2009 5:20:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63264/the-climate-change-bill-is-awful-now-pass-it.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWaxman-Markey is a "pathetic" and "appalling" bill that totally fails to respond to the urgency of climate change—and it should be passed by the Senate and signed into law straight away, writes Thomas Friedman. For the New York Times columnist, the flawed legislation has one great virtue: it finally...http://www.newser.com/story/63264/the-climate-change-bill-is-awful-now-pass-it.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 01 Jul 2009 7:07:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60632/calif-branches-into-forests-to-fight-climate-change.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe California government is preparing to enter into the "forest bank" business in a bid to save woodlands and battle carbon pollution and climate change, reports the Los Angeles Times. The state is expected to roll out a California "cabon market" that may be expanded elsewhere in the West if...http://www.newser.com/story/60632/calif-branches-into-forests-to-fight-climate-change.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 01 Jun 2009 3:10:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/50762/satellites-eye-climate-change.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJapan and the US are using satellites to study global warming, the Economist reports. Last month Japan launched Ibuki—meaning breath—a satellite that will gather data from 56,000 points around the globe. America’s equivalent, the Orbital Carbon Observatory, will launch at the end of the month. Researchers hope...http://www.newser.com/story/50762/satellites-eye-climate-change.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 14 Feb 2009 3:54:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47523/e-coli-biofuel-can-go-right-in-the-tank.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientists have genetically engineered the E. coli bacteria to produce a carbon-rich alcohol molecule equivalent in energy to gasoline, Popular Mechanics reports. The “long-chain” alcohol does not occur in nature, but with six to eight atoms of carbon, it is far more efficient than ethanol, which has only two. “Long-chain...http://www.newser.com/story/47523/e-coli-biofuel-can-go-right-in-the-tank.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 11 Jan 2009 13:19:41 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47076/science-promises-cleaner-biofuels-greens-wary.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe future of alternative energy may lie with genetically engineered microbes that can efficiently convert sugar, or even sewage, into fuel, Yale Environment 360 reports. Small biotechs are using the tools of “synthetic biology” to create organisms that produce a range of carbon fuels without the extra energy expended in...http://www.newser.com/story/47076/science-promises-cleaner-biofuels-greens-wary.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 05 Jan 2009 16:54:54 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/42828/nuke-tests-left-mark-on-trees-people.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientists can now carbon-date baby boomers by detecting atomic bomb residue in their DNA, NPR reports. Turns out that carbon-14 released during above-ground nuclear tests in the 1950s and '60s hung around, then was absorbed into living tissue, experts say. Evidence, in the form of extra carbon neutrons, has been...http://www.newser.com/story/42828/nuke-tests-left-mark-on-trees-people.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 16 Nov 2008 16:04:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/42167/gore-5-steps-to-save-planet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe road to energy efficiency is paved with the same solutions needed to fix the economic crisis, Al Gore writes in a New York Times op-ed. Dismissing proposals for domestic drilling, the climate crusader says, “We simply cannot any longer base the strategy for human survival on a cynical and...http://www.newser.com/story/42167/gore-5-steps-to-save-planet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 09 Nov 2008 12:11:14 CST