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...heavy industrial pollution and the burning down of large areas of forest land have been increasing the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere for over a century, many scientific studies have shown...
...surface of Venus has never seemed very hospitable. Temperatures hover around 470 degrees C (900 degrees F), the result of a runaway greenhouse effect, and the pressure of its atmosphere, thick with carbon dioxide and sulfuric acid, is some 90 times that of Earth's. Lead would flow like water on Venus, and water cannot have existed in liquid form for perhaps a billion years...
Other popular toys include not one, but two homemade rocket cars powered by carbon dioxide fire extinguishers to illustrate Newton's Third Law. Donning crash helmets, aviator scarves and goggles, the professors pilot the rockets across the stage of a Science Center lecture hall, while offstage, Rueckner and his troupe simulate a crash...
...care were likewise from Michigan: Sherry Miller, 43, had multiple sclerosis, and Marjorie Wantz, 58, suffered from a painful pelvic disease. While her husband watched, Wantz received a lethal injection from a device similar to the one Adkins used. Miller, attended by her best friend, suffocated on carbon monoxide breathed through a mask. Neither one was a patient of Kevorkian's, and neither was terminally ill. The doctor was present throughout, said his lawyer, Geoffrey Fieger. "He provided the expertise. He provided the equipment...
...stakes are high. With carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere 25% above those in the 18th century, many environmentalists fear that the world is already too late in coming to grips with the still unknown effects of global climate change caused by emissions of so-called greenhouse gases. Says Maurice Strong, secretary-general of UNCED: "This conference is an opportunity that may not occur again in our lifetime. When, if not at Rio, will we address these problems...