Referring to the surrounding ecosystem of the planet Earth, its natural mechanisms and balances, and study of the effects of human interaction with it.
Questions tagged [environment]
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Do "big-battery" electric vehicles release more CO2 than diesel equivalents over their lifetime?
Autocar report that Mazda have made a surprising claim about electric vehicles with larger batteries (i.e. 95kWh):
Mazda says it will never build a ‘big-battery’ electric car, because it believes such vehicles are less environmentally friendly than…
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Does one Volcanic eruption release more CFC's into the atmosphere than all man made CFC's combined since their invention?
There appears to be a large number of people who are under the impression that Volcanos release ozone-depleting CFC's into the atmosphere. What's more is that they believe a single eruption expels more CFC's into the atmosphere than all the CFC's…
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Does recycling protect our resources?
In the essay
Eight Great Myths
of Recycling, Daniel K. Benjamin (formerly a Professor of Economics at Clemson University) lists a number of misunderstanding related to recycling, including specifically:
We squander irreplaceable resources when we…
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Are there alternative methods of meat production (such as free-range meat) that are better for the environment than factory farmed meat?
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Organic food is worse for the environment because it requires more land than non-organic food
Most meat in developed nations is produced by Industrial agriculture methods, such as factory farming. Free-range meat is an example…
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Publication Bias in Climate Sensitivity Estimates
It is claimed by Rickova and Irsova, in a paper titled "Publication Bias in Measuring Climate Sensitivity" [A], that:
We present a meta-regression analysis of the relation between the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and changes in…
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Did British homes increase greenhouse gas emissions by 4% in 2018?
According to this report from The Times,
Greenhouse gas emissions fell in every sector — including transport, industry and energy — in 2018, but emissions from homes went up 4 per cent, government data shows.
Is it true that emissions from homes…
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How long do disposable plastic shopping bags take to break down
Recently in Australia some major supermarkets have begun phasing out disposable shopping bags.
A lot of people are saying things like that the new reusable bags are worse than the disposable bags.
There's also a lot of debate about whether the new…
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To what extent do needle trees contribute to fine dust pollution?
Today I ran into an article concerning cars and their effect on the existence of particulate matter. Especially the last paragraph caught my attention where it is claimed that coniferous also contribute highly to the formation of particulate matter.…
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Not recycling vs air travel - which is worse?
Sorry for a catchy title. I am basically interested in some way of comparing the (non-CO2) pollution from plastics and other toxic materials that are being thrown on a landfill to that of air travel.
This was inspired by an argument with a roommate,…
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Does temperature drive CO₂?
The blog THE HOCKEY SCHTICK claims that "temperature drives CO2 levels, not man-made CO2".
The paper "Atmospheric verification of anthropogenic CO2 emission trends" is cited as proof.
The claim is detailed as follows:
A recent paper published in…
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Is the idea of solar roadways practical?
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/solar-roadways#home
This indiegogo campaign suggests replacing roads and highways with solar panels that could produce power, while keeping themselves free of snow and easy to replace. The idea as outlined in the…
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Can boredom at workplace be attributed to poor working conditions?
In an article I read recently the author mentions a certain study. He claims that it showed that people are likely to judge a task "boring", when in truth it was not, but there were low-intensity background distractions.
I read once about a study…
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Has ExxonMobil sequestered over 40 percent of all captured CO2?
From ExxonMobil's website on carbon capture and storage (CCS):
With a working interest in approximately one-fifth of the world’s total carbon capture capacity, ExxonMobil is a leader in one of the most important next-generation low-greenhouse gas…
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Is water vapor responsible for 95% of the greenhouse effect?
This question is not about man-made global warming, but about the total greenhouse effect.
According to http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/greenhouse_data.html , 95% of the greenhouse effect is due to water vapor (gas phase H2O). It cites to…
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Did SF grocery bag ban cause at least an additional 5.4 deaths a year due to bacteria in reusable grocery bags?
The paper Grocery Bag Bans and Foodborne Illness (Klick & Wright, 2012) claims that
Our results suggest that the San Francisco ban led to between 5.4 and 15.8 additional
deaths.
The logic being that people rarely (if ever) wash their reusable…
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