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Researchers discovered areas of the Artic Ocean foaming up with gas because of “methane chimneys” coming from the sea floor. The sub-sea layer of permafrost, which was suppose to act as a lid to keep the methane gas from escaping, melted away. The researchers believe that the methane is actually speeding up global warming.
Methane is is twenty times more powerful than the greenhouse gas or the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and scientists are afraid that this could accelerate global warming with a massive effect. Also methane in the atmosphere causes higher temperatures causing more permafrost melting and the release of more methane.
Public Service System Solutions
Posted on: September 9, 2008
We people live in a weird time and place, and a lot of our expectations include our networks, technology, and innovation, and most of the top organizations are the makers of paper, filing cabinets, and our government hasn’t really changed as much since the 1960s.Public services, however, are really important. Even without thinking about the responsibilities we on one another, we can’t even provide necessary services for public safety, health care, education, a judicial system, care for the elderly and children, sanitation, and more, simply cannot function together.
The Design Council, The UK’s official design agency, came up with a unit called “RED.” “RED” is and interdisciplinary team of designers, and policy thinkers, and social scientists that create future public services. They’re command to “challenge accepted thinking” about important social problems and public services try to meet them by bringing design innovation and new visions. they’re widely considered to be on the front position of public innovation.
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