carbon, definition of

Carbon is the chemical element with symbol C and atomic number 6. As a member of group 14 on the periodic table, it is nonmetallic and tetravalent—making four electrons available to form covalent chemical bonds. There are three naturally occurring isotopes, with 12C and 13C being stable, while 14C is radioactive, decaying with a half-life of about 5730 years. Carbon is one of the few elements known since antiquity. The name "carbon" comes from Latin language carbo, coal.

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Umbrella term referring to the act of measuring and reporting on an organization's greenhouse gas emissions.

Carbon accounting procedures typically aim to measure and report on the emissions that a company is directly responsible for, but they can also track emissions that result from a firm's supply chain and the activities of its partners, customers and staff.

The practice is widely regarded as an essential first step towards cutting carbon emissions.

However, critics have argued that its effectiveness is undermined by an absence of international standards, which means that carbon calculations can be undertaken differently from organization to organization.

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This is a form of life which uses carbon as a 'building block' in its cells and chemical processes. Basically all life (be it plant or animal) on Earth is 'carbon based' in one form or another.

An amorphous form of carbon, produced commercially by thermal or oxidative decomposition of hydrocarbons and used principally in rubber goods, pigments, and printer's ink.

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is an approach to mitigating global warming based on capturing carbon dioxide from large point sources such as fossil fuel power plants and permanently storing it away from the atmosphere.

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All parts (reservoirs) and fluxes of carbon. The cycle is usually thought of as four main reservoirs of carbon interconnected by pathways of exchange. The reservoirs are the atmosphere, terrestrial biosphere (usually includes freshwater systems), oceans, and sediments (includes fossil fuels). The annual movements of carbon, the carbon exchanges between reservoirs, occur because of various chemical, physical, geological, and biological processes. The ocean contains the largest pool of carbon near the surface of the Earth, but most of that pool is not involved with rapid exchange with the atmosphere.

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  It looks like Japan will stop Kyoto being extended and put a big cloud over Cancun.

• Claim: Climate and carbon cycle trends of the past 50 million years reconciled
  Predictions of future climate change require a clear and nuanced understanding of Earth's past climate. In a study published today in Science Advances, University of Hawai'i (UH) at Mānoa oceanographers fully reconciled climate and carbon cycle trends...
• Ocean carbon uptake widely underestimated
  Previous estimates of the movement of carbon (known as "flux") between the atmosphere and oceans have not accounted for temperature differences at the water's surface and a few metres below.
• Watching CO2 feed the world
  Watching a child grow is seeing carbon dioxide in action. Plants turn CO2 into the food we eat to live and grow on. “You can’t live on air” is a common saying but that is just what we do; we live on air and water.
• Corrected RCP Scenario Removal Fractions
  Reposted from Dr. Roy Spencer’s blog February 6th, 2020 by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. Well, as I suspected (and warned everyone) in my blog post yesterday, a portion of my calculations were in error regarding how much CO2 is taken out of the atmosphere...
• Ice sheets impact core elements of the Earth’s carbon cycle
  University of Bristol The Earth’s carbon cycle is crucial in controlling the greenhouse gas content of our atmosphere, and ultimately our climate. Ice sheets which cover about 10 percent of our Earth’s land surface at present, were thought...
• Climate warming experiment finds unexpected results
  From Phys.org January 4, 2019 by Emily Pontecorvo, American Geophysical Union Tropical forests store about a third of Earth’s carbon and about two-thirds of its above-ground biomass. Most climate change models predict that as the world warms, all...
• Doughnut Economics: the long-sought alternative to endless growth
  Finding a healthy alternative to the prevailing growth model that has strained the planet to bursting is the holy grail of environmental economics. And it looks like maybe we've found it. George Monbiot, the most dynamic environmental journalist I know,...
• Now it’s the fungi carbon footprint that isn’t in climate models
  From a long line of missing things in climate models and the University of Texas at Austin: Symbiotic fungi inhabiting plant roots have major impact on atmospheric carbon, scientists say AUSTIN, Texas — Microscopic fungi that live in plants’ roots...
• Apparently, 4 degrees spells climate doom
  One has to wonder though, since CO2 residence time has been said to be anywhere from  five year to hundreds, or even thousands of years, with no solid agreement yet, how they can be so sure of themselves? From the … Continue reading →

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A metric measure used to compare the emissions from various greenhouse gases based upon their global warming potential (GWP).

• Zero-carbon home generates income by making more energy than it needs
  The home of the future could slash your utility bills and generate enough money to help pay the mortgage. UK firm Koru Architects designed and built one such house, named the Lloyd House, that’s effectively zero-carbon and runs entirely on renewable...

The enhancement of the growth of plants as a result of increased atmospheric CO2 concentration. Depending on their mechanism of photosynthesis, certain types of plants are more sensitive to changes in atmospheric CO2 concentration.

Carbon movement; movement of organic compounds through an ecosystem. Specifically, the relationship between carbon dioxide absorbed by green plants and carbon dioxide respirated by various organisms.

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Carbon Footprint refers to the the total greenhouse gas emissions that result from a person, organization, product or service over a given time.

It tends to act as an umbrella term for any attempt to measure greenhouse gas emissions and as a result can refer to simply the emissions that result from a single activity, such as flying; the emissions that result from an organization or building over the course of a year; or the full lifetime emissions of a product or organization, including emissions from the supply chain or disposal of resources.

While carbon footprints colloquially refer to the amount of CO2 emitted, the UK Carbon Trust endorses a wider definition and considers all six of the Kyoto Protocol greenhouse gases - Carbon dioxide, Methane, Nitrous oxide, Hydro fluorocarbons, Perfluorocarbons, and Sulfur hexafluoride - when measuring a carbon footprint.

• Cheap Solar Panels - do they exist?
  What the cheapest solar panels are and if its clear you get what you are paying for...

• The Australian Carbon tax is no more
  Yesterday in the Senate the Carbon Tax was removed. This was a great victory for common sense as concerns realistic environmental policy.

• Brooklyn Home Company designs passive townhouse with raw wood elements
  New York-based collective The Brooklyn Home Company has designed a passive townhouse in the Carroll Gardens neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. The townhouse, which was designed using Passive House principles, features four floors, a rooftop patio...
• An Upstate New York studio heated and cooled without fossil fuels
  With retirement and grandchildren on the horizon, a Manhattanite couple reached out to GRT Architects to design their new home in Upstate New York's Dutchess County...
• ZHA designs sustainable expansion to China's largest international exhibition center
  Beijing's New China International Exhibition Center — the largest international exhibition center in China — is set to become even larger with Zaha Hadid Architects' competition-winning Phase II designs...
• Regenerative agriculture is the next great ally in fight against climate change
  Backed by innovations in science, big data, financing and farmer networking, investing in regenerative agriculture promises to slash farming’s carbon footprint while rewarding farmers for their stewardship.
• Insatiable demand for cannabis has created a giant carbon footprint
  It's no secret that the United States' $13 billion cannabis industry is big business. Less obvious to many is the environmental toll this booming business is taking, in the form of greenhouse gas emissions from commercial, mostly indoor production.
• SoftBank, Demeter and Coparion invest $3M into Plan A’s B2B carbon monitoring and ESG platform
  Plan A, a Berlin-based automated SaaS B2B startup, has raised $3 million for its platform that lets companies measure, monitor, reduce and report their environmental footprint, thus improving their ESG ratings...
• Minimalist, low-carbon home features local wood and recycled concrete
  Rural inspiration meets modern minimalism in Zürich-based Gus Wüstemann Architects' recently completed Pavilion House, a barn-inspired gabled home that takes cues from the agricultural typology in Buchberg, a rural village near Switzerland’s largest...
• Design unveiled for a sustainable wooden tower in Switzerland
  Architecture firms 3XN and IttenBrechbühl have won an international competition with their design for the Tilia Tower©, an 85-meter-tall timber high-rise that will serve as a beacon for sustainability and an anchor for the up-and-coming...
• Firms backed by Robert Downey Jr. and Bill Gates have funded an electric motor company that slashes energy consumption
  Sometimes the smallest innovations can have the biggest impacts on the world’s efforts to stop global climate change. Arguably, one of the biggest contributors in the fight against climate change to date has been the switch to the humble LED light,...
• Corporate sustainability initiatives may open doors for carbon offset startups
  “You’re seeing a lot of large companies … are now investing significant amounts into really trying to understand their emissions profile and prioritize emission reductions in a data-driven way."

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Carbon Fraud is an aspect of global carbon markets.

Basically due to weak certification and validation processes in carbon markets, it is often quite easy to operate a 'fake' carbon offsetting business; i.e. claiming to run an offshore forest preservation scheme generating carbon credits when no such thing exists in reality (i.e. just pocket the money).

Also, due to the difficult nature of assessing exactly how much carbon some scheme or process offsets, you can also get fraud through over estimating the amount of carbon offset.

It is understood in some regions that organized crime has got involved in carbon markets, and that some markets have had to be suspended to investigate systematic fraud.

The relative amount of carbon emitted per unit of energy or fuels consumed

• Carbon intensity of power sector down in 2019
  Engineers from Carnegie Mellon University’s Scott Institute for Energy Innovation have compiled carbon emissions for the U.S. electric power sector for the second quarter (Q2) of 2019 as part of the CMU Power Sector Carbon Index. The index tracks...
• China reports meeting its 2020 carbon intensity goals three years early
  Xie Zhenhua, China's top climate official, has reported that the country has met its 2020 carbon intensity target three years earlier than expected. China's carbon intensity, as measured by the amount of carbon dioxide produced per unit of economic growth,...
• Federal Judge Blocks Enforcement of California Low Carbon Fuel Standard
  Last week, Judge Lawrence O’Neill of the U.S. District Court in Fresno issued a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), a regulation requiring a 10% reduction in the carbon content of motor...

The theory that policy measures designed to reduce CO2 emissions in one country or region will result in an increase in emissions in another country as carbon intensive firms relocate to areas with less demanding environmental regulations.

For example, it is feared that steel plants and other heavy industries faced with planned carbon pricing regulations in the US may move their operations to countries such as China or India that do not have carbon pricing schemes in an attempt to avoid increased costs.

As a result, carbon emissions could simply "leak" from one country to another, resulting in no net reduction in emissions.

The Kyoto Protocol and the EU Emissions Trading Scheme have both been accused of causing carbon leakage, although there is little solid evidence as yet of firms relocating solely as a result of carbon regulations.

One of the primary drivers for a global agreement to tackle climate change is the hope that an international deal would remove the risk of carbon leakage by establishing comparable carbon regulations for all countries.

• Federal Judge Blocks Enforcement of California Low Carbon Fuel Standard
  Last week, Judge Lawrence O’Neill of the U.S. District Court in Fresno issued a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), a regulation requiring a 10% reduction in the carbon content of motor...
• ‘Imported’ Emissions Offset Kyoto Protocol CO2 Reductions
  Has the EU met its emission reduction targets under the Kyoto Protocol? Not if emissions associated with goods Europe imports from Asia are taken into account...

A Carbon Market is a market created from the trading of carbon emission allowances to encourage or help countries and companies to limit their carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. This is also known as emissions or carbon trading. Carbon emissions trading is a way of offsetting greenhouse gases produced by polluters.

• Some renewable-energy subsidies are stupidly, insanely expensive, says emissions trader
  The price of carbon permits makes them useless. Governments have issued too many permits, and also put in competing programs to reduce CO2 emissions. The collective Green Gravy train is fracturing and now even frustrated carbon traders are pointing out...
• Secret deal: Australia already has an ETS – carbon tax – starts in 5 weeks
  Get ready. The legislation was done on the last day Parliament sat in December. The Coalition government knew it would be popular with the voters who all want “carbon action” so they… buried the news. No cheering. No speeches.
• Bill Shorten wants a lot of new carbon taxes and to help international bankers
   A gift for Turnbull, who doesn’t deserve it. Welcome to Election-2016 in Australia. We’ve done this before: Bill Shorten has promised there will be “no carbon tax under Labor”.  This almost exactly mirrors the promise made by...
• The Emissions Trading Scheme monster idea is back – but the conversation is booby-trapped with fake words
  It’s a tax that’s “not a tax” and a “free market” that isn’t free. Joy. An emission trading scheme (ETS) is on the agenda again in Australia. Here’s why the first priority is to clean up a crooked conversation....
• Are dead fish worth more than live person? Could be… Let’s ban fishing too.
  Did you know you can change the weather by not eating deep sea fish? Me neither. But apparently fish and other marine life in the high seas contain $148 billion dollars worth of carbon dioxide. (The carbon price used, which includes mitigation costs,...
• Zombie carbon market falls 60%, revived by EU decree – media spins “soaring success”
  Global Carbon Markets peaked in 2011 at €96bn euro. Over the next two years they plummeted to €36bn* euro collapsing by 60%. Though the press didn’t seem in a hurry to convey that, and if I search,  no government funded agency has done a graph...
• Climate money evaporating — global carbon market down 35% in 2012 — peak carbon is in the rear view mirror
  It’s just another day tracking the decline of the global warming meme.
• More signposts on the road to the post-Climate-scare world
  … Not so long back, Deutsche Bank were writing 50 page reports on the science of climate change. They paid for giant 70 foot high towers of doom counting carbon emissions near Madison Square Gardens. They were so concerned about the planet they...
• South Korea Launches the Word’s Most Aggressive Carbon Market
  Photo via Shutterstock South Korea has made clear their intent to become one of the world's leading warriors against climate change, and they are willing to back up their assertions with cold, hard, cash...
• Global Carbon Trading System Has “Essentially Collapsed”
  When is a free market not free? When it doesn’t do what the bureaucrats wanted it to “freely do”. There is a message from this-pale-shadow-of-a-global-carbon-free-market and it’s telling us that carbon (dioxide) should be free,...

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A colorless, odorless, poisonous gas produced by incomplete fossil fuel combustion.

• Saving Money
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• Keeping Chickens, how they are good for you and the garden
  Chickens are a valuable addition to any garden, we explain why you should keep them and what are their benefits.
• Trans fats - why they are bad for you and the environment
  Trans Fats are know to be very bad for your long term health, we also explain how Trans Fats are also bad for the environment too.
• Is using a wood fire to heat being Green?
  We look at whether using a wood fire to heat your home is being really green or not.
• Whats the fuss about Biochar?
  Biochar - what is it? This article explains what biochar is and how it will help us with carbon capture and improving the soil.
• Green Christmas, is it possible?
  Christmas and being green don't often go together, we provide advice on reducing your environmental impact to be more Green for Christmas.

• Regarding results of GOSAT-2 data analysis and the start of their public release
  Column-averaged dry-air mole fractions of carbon dioxide, methane and carbon monoxide retrieved from satellite data NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES Science Business Announcement Greenhouse gasses Observing SATellite-2 “IBUKI-2”...
• Why are people randomly falling asleep in Kazakhstan?
  In 2013 reports of a strange affliction began emerging from the remote towns of Kalachi and Krasnogorsky in Kazakhstan; people were seemingly randomly falling asleep—sometimes while walking—only to wake up two to six days later with memory loss...
• Why Does Gas Get Cheaper in Winter?
  Have you ever noticed that U.S. gas prices are cheaper on average in wintertime than summertime? Have you got a pet theory as to why that might be? It turns out it's not a case of market forces trying to entice hibernating drivers out into the cold...
• 6 Common Indoor Air Pollutants That Could Be Lurking in Your Home
  We like to think of our homes as a safe haven, a place where we have control over our environment and where we can protect ourselves from the toxins and pollutants that come with modern living...
• Cambridge Scientists are Brewing ‘Green Gasoline’ from Air, Water and Sunlight
  A team from the University of Cambridge is attempting to mimic a natural process perfected over billions of years to create 'green transport fuel'. The team is capturing solar energy through artificial photosynthetic systems and combining it with water...
• The Baker Stove is a Safer, Energy-Efficient Cookstove for the Developing World
  Read the rest of The Baker Stove is a Safer, Energy-Efficient Cookstove for the Developing World Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Baker Cookstove, Baker Stove, carbon monoxide, Claesson Koivisto Rune, cookstove, developing world,...
• Coffee-Powered Vehicle Sets Guinness Land Speed Record for Caffeinated Combustion
  For some of us, it takes a couple cups of coffee to wake up and hit the road. The Bean Machine, a coffee-powered pickup built by UK engineer and conservationist Martin Bacon, takes the notion of caffeine-based energy to a whole new level. Commissioned...
• My Pet Project – Producer Gas and my SUV
  Guest post by WUWT moderator Andi Cockroft This has little to do with my beliefs (or otherwise) in CAGW, but more to the fact that I am tight with money and this project offers the ability to run my 5 … Continue reading →
• New Research Finds Flame Retardants Produce Deadlier Fires
  Products like baby mattresses and car seats that use flame retardants have come under heavy scrutiny in recent years because they contain powerful toxins that are known to cause impaired neurological development and a variety of other health problems...

Compensating for the amount of carbon dioxide an entity generates through either obtaining energy from renewable sources or offsetting.

• Saving Money
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• Keeping Chickens, how they are good for you and the garden
  Chickens are a valuable addition to any garden, we explain why you should keep them and what are their benefits.
• Is using a wood fire to heat being Green?
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• Charlotte McCurdy, Phillip Lim design carbon-neutral algae sequin dress
  Sequins have long been a source of concern for environmentally conscious fashion designers. Made of tiny bits of shiny or translucent plastic, they are a significant contributor to ocean microplastics and fashion-derived plastic waste. Designers Charlotte...
• This will be the largest CLT affordable housing complex in the Netherlands
  Rotterdam-based architecture office Powerhouse Company has unveiled designs for Valckensteyn, a circular and sustainable building expected to become the largest timber-built affordable housing complex in the Netherlands...
• ZHA unveils solar-powered student residences for HKUST
  In response to an urgent demand for more student housing at its Clear Water Bay campus, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has tapped Zaha Hadid Architects and local architecture firm Leigh & Orange to design the university’s...
• GM pledges carbon neutrality by 2040, expands electric fleet
  General Motors has announced an ambitious plan to be carbon-neutral by 2040. The largest U.S. auto maker also aims to eliminate tailpipe emissions from light-duty vehicles by 2035.[...]
• Princeton study shows possibility for a carbon-neutral US
  It’s hard to imagine everybody making the necessary sacrifices for the U.S. to be carbon-neutral in 30 years, even if it does mean the difference between an inhabitable or uninhabitable planet. But an optimistic new study from Princeton claims that...
• Apple says its supply chains and products will be carbon neutral by 2030
  Apple this morning announced plans to make its entire business carbon neutral within the next 10 years. The news follows the company’s push toward a fully carbon neutral corporate structure, adding its manufacturing supply chain and resulting products...
• Scalable, low-cost technologies needed to repair climate, Cambridge professor suggests
  Cambridge University has proposed setting up a research center tasked with coming up with scalable technological fixes for climate change. The proposed Center for Climate Repair is being coordinated by David King, an emeritus professor in physical chemistry...
• Scalable, low cost technologies needed to repair climate, Cambridge professor suggests
  Cambridge University has proposed setting up a research center tasked with coming up with scalable technological fixes for climate change. The proposed Center for Climate Repair is being co-ordinated by David King, an emeritus professor in physical chemistry...
• Seattle Plans To Be Carbon Neutral By 2050
  In a plan addopted today, the city council of Seattle has plans to be 100% carbon neutral by 2050. The Climate Action Plan is recommended action to be taken to meet the city’s goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050. The plan is the result of a three-year...
• Oh, all right then, maybe it's not that funny but…
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-11282003 (H/T Will)

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A Carbon Offset is a financial instrument representing a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.

Wikipedia Entry

• Carbon Offsets, what they are and how they help
  Carbon offsets can help with reducing overall carbon emissions by possibly balancing out the carbon impact on the environment. This article goes into more detail on the subject.

• New Frank and Oak office reflects the company's sustainable values
  Along with environmentally friendly practices like post-consumer recycled shipping boxes and carbon offset programs, Frank and Oak is a sustainable clothing brand that prides itself on maintaining a good work-life balance for its employees.[...]
• Introducing Klima: the app on a mission to reduce carbon footprints
  Released this month, Klima allows its users to take direct action against climate change with a simple and beautiful app. The user-friendly app quickly calculates your personal carbon footprint and finds ways to offset your emissions through an affordable...
• Passenger service Gett launches carbon-free travel in the UK
  The global, on-demand transportation service Gett is embarking on a new endeavor — implementing carbon-free and carbon-positive rides for all of its passengers...
• Lyft is making all their rides carbon neutral
  If you use ride-sharing services but still worry about their impact on the environment, Lyft has got you covered. The company has just announced that it will invest millions of dollars to offset its carbon emissions. Co-founders John Zimmer and Logan...
• Incredible news: Tropical forests are absorbing CO2
  According to a new NASA study, tropical forests are absorbing more carbon dioxide (CO2) than previously thought, in response to rising greenhouse gases. Tropical forests have now been show to absorb 1.4 billion metric tons of CO2, accounting for 56 percent of
• FedEx Announces Carbon Offset Program to Make Envelopes Carbon-Neutral
  Now your eco-conscience can rest a little easier when you need to ship documents around the world – FedEx announced today that it will make its FedEx Express envelope carbon-neutral with the launch of a new carbon offset program...
• OODA’s Twisted Cubic Taipei City Museum of Art Harvests Rain and Sun
  Read the rest of OODA’s Twisted Cubic Taipei City Museum of Art Harvests Rain and Sun Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: carbon footprint, carbon offset, double glazed facade, green design, natural lighting, OODA, rainwater...
• Telluride Gondolas Will Be Powered by Solar Panels While Providing Carbon Offsets
  The world’s coolest commute is about to get even cooler, and greener. That’s because the Colorado-based Green Gondola Campaign is aiming to turn the gondola that connects Telluride with neighboring Mountain Village into a solar-powered facility....
• Corruption in the carbon trading market
  Corruption and crime already taking place in the carbon market Opinion piece by Julie Bishop, Deputy Leader of the Opposition (Australia) 20th July 2011 Carbon offsets have already run out of credit “…..It is alarming that the Prime Minister has …...

Carbon Pollution refers to the human produced Co2 that is meant to be harming the environment.

• Dueling Climate Reports
  In the interests of free speech I'm reposting this article so it gets better exposure.
• What is Carbon Pollution
  Carbon pollution, what is it?

• $20 million NRG COSIA Carbon XPrize aims to turn CO2 emissions into useful products
  A new contest launched in September 2015 aims to fund projects that convert carbon dioxide waste into useful technologies and products. This year, 47 entrants from seven countries around the world are competing for the $20 million NRG COSIA Carbon XPrize...
• The wealthiest ten-percent of the population generate half of the world’s emissions
  The wealthiest 10-percent of the people on the planet are causing half of the world's carbon emissions. While world leaders gather to figure out who should carry the burden of reducing global warming, Oxfam has released numbers that show that the wealthy...
• India’s air pollution blamed for discoloring Taj Mahal’s iconic dome
    India's airborne pollution has always been a problem for the rapidly developing country, but now it could severely impact one of its most famous structures - the Taj Mahal...
• India’s air pollution blamed for discoloring of Taj Mahal’s iconic dome
  India's airborne pollution has always been a problem for the rapidly developing country, but now it could severely impact one of its most famous structures - the Taj Mahal...
• EPA Calls for Massive 30% Cut in Power Plant Emissions by 2030
  On Monday the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the most significant action to combat climate disruption in American history with a new rule calling for a 30 percent cut in carbon emissions from power plants by 2030...
• Propagate Skyscraper Converts Air Pollution into a Usable Building Material
  Propagate Skyscraper converts harmful greenhouse gases into usable building materials! It is a self-propagating structure whose growth is dependant only on the weather conditions and the quality of air surrounding it...
• Spectacular Wood Skyscraper That Can be Built Without a Single Nail Wins 2014 eVolo Skyscraper Competition
  Architect Yong Ju Lee drew inspiration from traditional Korean houses and the versatility of vernacular architecture while designing Hanok Tower. The exposed wooden structural system, generally used for one-story residences, was applied to a high-rise...
• 10 Million Scallops Killed by Rising Carbon Dioxide Levels in the Ocean
  Scallop photo from Shutterstock British Columbian company Island Scallops has reported a loss of three year’s worth of product due to high ocean acidity caused by carbon dioxide pollution...
• Carbon Dioxide in the Oceans Kills 10 Million Scallops
   Photo © Shutterstock British Columbian company Island Scallops has reported a loss of three year’s worth of product due to high ocean acidity caused by carbon dioxide pollution...
• Scientists Believe Typhoon Haiyan Released Massive Amounts of CO2 into the Atmosphere
  In addition to wreaking incredible human devastation, Typhoon Haiyan is predicted to have unleashed a huge amount of carbon into the atmosphere. A group of scientists recently published a study in Environmental Research Letters that reveals how trees...

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The reservoir containing carbon as a principal element in the geochemical cycle.

Limiting the amount of carbon you use each year.

The uptake and storage of carbon. Trees and plants, for example, absorb carbon dioxide, release the oxygen and store the carbon. Fossil fuels were at one time biomass and continue to store the carbon until burned.

Carbon sequestration is usually a natural process although machine based techniques can be used to extract or prevent carbon from getting into the atmosphere and put it into long term storage.

• Thicker-leaved tropical plants may flourish as CO2 rises, which could be good for climate
  "Our work suggests that by shifting which plants are growing in the forest there may be less dire consequences of higher CO2 than other studies have suggested," Swann said...
• This will be the largest CLT affordable housing complex in the Netherlands
  Rotterdam-based architecture office Powerhouse Company has unveiled designs for Valckensteyn, a circular and sustainable building expected to become the largest timber-built affordable housing complex in the Netherlands...
• Plant Growth Takes A Steep Toll On The Soil – Supposedly
  Wow! Who would have thought that? When a plant grows, it extracts nutrients and carbon from the soil and converts that into its roots and stem and flowers and seeds...
• Changes in ocean chemistry show how sea level affects global carbon cycle
  "The new type of information we can read from the stable strontium isotopes now allows us to take a close look at the business end of the global carbon cycle, when carbon is removed from the environment and laid down into marine carbonate beds," said...
• Cheaper carbon capture is on the way
  RICHLAND, Wash.--As part of a marathon research effort to lower the cost of carbon capture, chemists have now demonstrated a method to seize carbon dioxide (CO2) that reduces costs by 19 percent compared to current commercial technology. The new technology...
• New factor in the carbon cycle of the Southern Ocean identified
  "In doing so, we were able to demonstrate for the first time a manganese limitation for phytoplankton growth in the center of Drake Passage. Closer to shore, iron was the limiting factor, as expected," Dr. Browning reports.
• Elon Musk Offers $100 Million for the Best Carbon Capture Technology
  Remember all those assurances we've heard over the years, that carbon capture technology is ready for mainstream deployment? Turns out the technology is a little less ready to deploy than some people would like you to believe.
• Latest Climate Change Solution: Direct Air Capture Powered by Geothermal Energy
  Why bother with capturing concentrated CO2 from combustion exhaust, when you can spend "a wartime level of funding" capturing trace concentrations of CO2 directly out of the air?
• Aussie Brown Coal to Clean Hydrogen Plant will Address Carbon Capture “Eventually”
  Proponents are celebrating Kawasaki Heavy Industry's planned construction of a coal to hydrogen plant in Victoria, which is intended to prove the viability of the clean hydrogen supply chain...
• Robot probes the Red Sea’s carbon storage system
  Warming waters and oxygen depletion in the Red Sea could slow the flow of organic carbon from the surface into the deep ocean where it can be stored, out of reach of the atmosphere...

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Carbon reservoirs and conditions that take in and store more carbon (carbon sequestration) than they release. Carbon sinks can serve to partially offset greenhouse gas emissions. Forests and oceans are common carbon sinks.

• Scientists discover enough new forests to cover 60% of Australia
  A new survey of the world's dryland habitats has found a massive amount of previously unreported forests -- 467 million hectares (over 1.1 billion acres), which is 45 percent more forest than found in past surveys. The newly discovered dryland forests...
• Scientists say we have 10 years to save Earth
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• Indian state attempts to plant record 50 million trees in 24 hours
  The Indian state of Uttar Pradesh is attempting to break the world record for the highest number of trees planted in a 24-hour period. As part of a concerted effort to combat climate change, officials in the country's most populous state are hoping...
• NASA Launches First Mission to Track Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
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• Lessons from the Chesapeake Bay: How to Save Buzzards Bay from Nitrogen Pollution
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• Infographic: Where Are All Our Carbon Emissions Being Stored?
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• Underwater Volcanoes Help Suck Carbon from the Air
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A Carbon Tax is a government imposed taxation on source goods and services in an attempt to reduce the production of carbon into the atmosphere.

Usually implemented as a form of 'at source' taxation; i.e. those whom manufacturer or consume the most carbon pay and everybody else on the supply chain picks up the price increase. This is often encountered with a carbon credit scheme, by which carbon producers can 'offset' their taxable carbon emissions against less carbon intense production methods.

As always with such schemes, the devil is in the detail; in particular there has been problems in the past with carbon fraud.

Note: This equally applies to the energy production sector as basic manufacturing; say if coal is being used as a source of electrical power.

• The Australian Carbon tax is no more
  Yesterday in the Senate the Carbon Tax was removed. This was a great victory for common sense as concerns realistic environmental policy.
• Why Carbon Tax?
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• Julia Gillard's Carbon Tax protest at Canberra
  Tomorrow in Canberra the Election Now No Carbon Tax Rally will do its thing...
• Carbon Tax Pros and Cons
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• The incredible shrinking carbon tax...
  Carbon tax is to be paid by even less industry, whilst in the US the Chicago Climate Exchange is finally put out of our misery..
• Carbon Tax Convoy of No Confidence on its way to Canberra
  Want to be part of something Historic? Don't want to see Australia have a Carbon Tax? Read on...
• Carbon Tax environmental train wreck
  The carbon tax in Australia is going to do zip to improve the environment.
• The Dead Carbon Tax Sketch
  Based on the classic Dead Parrot Sketch, enjoy!
• Carbon Tax does not work
  Carbon Tax has been shown in the US to be totally ineffective; we compare against the situation with Carbon Tax in Australia.

A compound consisting of one carbon atom and four chlorine atoms. It is an ozone depleting substance. Carbon tetrachloride was widely used as a raw material in many industrial applications, including the production of chlorofluorocarbons, and as a solvent.

The sale and purchase of carbon credits or pollution permits through carbon markets.

The practice is designed to help control carbon dioxide emissions by placing a price on a ton of emitted CO2 and providing members of trading schemes with economic incentives to reduce the amount of pollution they produce.

The market is dominated by cap-and-trade schemes, such as the EU's emissions trading scheme, but carbon trading can also refer to the sale of carbon offsets from emission reduction projects.

In theory, carbon trading mechanisms mean that emission reductions are achieved at the lowest possible cost, as businesses will only purchase carbon credits - effectively paying someone else to cut emissions for them - if they can not deliver emission reductions at a lower cost themselves.

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• Buying a House
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• wind power generators, are they right for you?
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• Climategate, what is going on?
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• DIY Decking Oil
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• DIY household cleaners
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• Carbon trading is dead
  Carbon trading in the US is dead - the market set up to trade it is about to close down for lack of business.
• carbon trading does not reduce emissions
  Carbon trading will not do a thing to reduce carbon emissions and protect the environment; in fact it could end up doing the exact opposite as businesses use it as a way to create profit.
• WWF's Amazon carbon trading cash cow
  It appears the World Wildlife Fund could be on its way to securing up to $60 billion in carbon credits from 'saving' the Amazon - more like 'cashing in' on the Amazon if you ask me..