Climate breakthrough: grass logs carbon emissions from power plantsREUTERS Belchatow Power Station in Poland is Europe's largest coal-fired plant. Scientists have found a way to use grass near power plants as a way of revealing the level of carbon dioxide they churn out. "When grass grows, it collects carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the air, as all plants do," Jocelyn Turnbull of GNS Science said. New Zealand was one of 195 countries that pledged to reduce carbon emissions, with aspirations to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. New Zealand's annual fossil fuel CO₂ emissions are 33 gigatonnes, or 33 billion kg.

Source: Stuff August 29, 2016 19:03 UTC