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Bunga Pertandai Perubahan Iklim
22-Sep-2010
Antara - 49 menit lalu

Oslo, Norwegia (ANTARA/Reuters) - Bunga yang diawetkan pada 150 tahun lalu sewaktu abad Victoria di Inggris yang memiliki koleksi dari berbagai Negara dapat membantu penelitian perubahan iklim, kata para ilmuwan, Rabu.Ahli biologi membandingkan contoh anggrek laba-laba yang dipetik sewaktu musim semi di selatan Inggris pada 1848-1958, dan pada musim semi 1975-2006.
"Tahun yang lebih hangat ditandai dengan pemekaran yang lebih awal...Kedua kasus ini meneliti pemekaran yang dilakukan sekitar enam hari yang naik per satu derajat celcius pada suhu rata-rata musim semi," katanya di dalam Jurnal Ekologi.

 

Australian Miner Backs Case For Carbon Tax
22-Sep-2010
Date: 22-Sep-10
Country: AUSTRALIA
Author: Amy Pyett

Iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group joined BHP Billiton Tuesday in calling for Australia to consider a carbon tax over emission trading, as a senior minister backed a targeted carbon price for electricity.Australia, one of the worst per-capita greenhouse gas polluters, is renewing policies to curb emissions after elections last month left Prime Minister Julia Gillard relying on a Greens MP and three independents to retain power.

 

Taiwan Moves Toward Carbon Offset Scheme
22-Sep-2010
Date: 22-Sep-10
Country: TAIWAN
Author: Ralph Jennings

Nearly 270 companies responsible for more than half of Taiwan's greenhouse gas pollution have agreed to supply emissions data to the government to help it launch a carbon offset scheme, officials said on Tuesday.Taiwan's Environmental Protection Administration passed rules on September 10 in which companies were requested to supply emissions data needed to launch a carbon trading platform by year's end, EPA officials said.