Flatscreen TVs turn up the heat on climate

Our new-found love for flat-screen TVs could come back to haunt us, according to New Scientist.

Earlier this year, researchers warned that the growing popularity of this technology was releasing increasing amounts of a powerful greenhouse gas into the atmosphere. Now, researchers say levels of the gas are four times as high as previously estimated, and warn they are rising "quasi-exponentially".

emily | 3:32 PM | Technology |
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