Articles: Environment

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Dispersants to control the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico

Dispersants are currently the only reasonable way of fighting the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, but the dispersants employed by BP are hampered by suboptimal effectiveness and toxicity.

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The greenhouse effect from a chemical point of view

How does the greenhouse effect work, and how does the emission of carbon dioxide and other gases affect our climate?

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Corn based ethanol - Climate friendly and ethically viable?

Corn based ethanol has been praised as a green fuel alternative. Besides ethical questions, doubts on the climate friendliness of corn based ethanol are being raised now as well.