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Posted on : Sat, 24 Mar 2007 12:41:00 GMT
| Author : Anne Roberts
News Category : Environment
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 Researchers at the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration's Earth System
Research Laboratory have announced the creation
of a new system, which can track the changes in
carbon dioxide emissions from various
regions.
Called the CarbonTracker, the
tool will also evaluate the effectiveness of
techniques used to reduce emissions of carbon
dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Based on
this evaluation an Internet map can be created
which shows excess carbon emitting areas as red
and forests as blue.
The model could also
help in future carbon trading systems by
predicting the amount needed to get a positive
balance. "We hope this will evolve into a much
denser network, so we can say meaningful things
about whether states or large metropolitan areas
are successful in limiting net emissions of
CO2,” said Pieter Tans of the NOAA. He added
that 25 percent of the data for the project was
provided by Environment
Canada.
Scientists from India and China,
which are heavy carbon emitters would also be
invited to join the project, Tans said. The
United States remains one of the biggest
emitters on the planet. However it does not
regulate greenhouse gases responsible for
climate change.
Instead European Union
rules provide for carbon trading and banks are
also involved in it.
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