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Grazing and Carbon: Finding the Balance for Climate Mitigation

Too much livestock on a given amount of land can lead to carbon losses, but appropriate numbers can actually help sequester the carbon.

18 Mar 2024

Warm Ocean Waters Could be the Culprit Behind Accelerated Melting of Petermann Glacier

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have conducted the first large-scale observation and modeling study of northwest Greenland's Petermann Glacier.

18 Mar 2024

A Comprehensive Study on China's Path to Carbon Neutrality by 2060

To become carbon neutral by 2060, as mandated by President Xi Jinping, China will have to build eight to 10 times more wind and solar power installations than currently exist in the country. Reaching carbon neutrality will also require major construction of transmission lines.

15 Mar 2024

Research Finds Evidence of a Regime Shift in the Antarctic Ocean-Sea Ice System

New research in journals of the American Meteorological Society suggest altered ocean-sea ice dynamics, dampened temperature extremes, differing responses to solar radiation.

15 Mar 2024

Examining Polar Blue Carbon in Ecosystems with SEA-Quester

The goal of SEA-Quester is to study the carbon cycle in new marine polar habitats that are expected to arise as a result of climate change. A warmer ocean, shifting currents, and melting sea ice are already altering the distribution, behaviors, and metabolism of several species.

15 Mar 2024

New Data Informs Conservation Strategies in Madagascar

Despite the importance of biodiversity conservation and the pressing need to prioritize it, determining which aspect of biodiversity warrants the utmost attention has been challenging, particularly in the face of limited conservation resources.

12 Mar 2024

Coordinating Renewable Energy Expansion with Climate-Induced Range Changes

The loss of biodiversity and the demand for clean, renewable energy are both being exacerbated by climate change. It is also changing the predicted future habitats of species.

11 Mar 2024

Potential of Marine Habitats in Countering Climate Change

Researchers working on a Cornwall Council initiative to investigate the potential of marine ecosystems in combating climate change identified one of the largest concentrations of a rare form of seaweed ever recorded in UK waters.

5 Mar 2024

Used Cars From the UK Pollute More Abroad Than at Home

A recent investigation conducted by experts at the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science uncovers that secondhand vehicles exported from Great Britain to less affluent nations not only fall short of British road safety regulations but also exhibit higher levels of pollution and lower fuel efficiency compared to those designated for recycling.

21 Feb 2024

Amazon Rainfall Decline Threatens South American Monsoon

The Amazon rainforest faces the risk of reaching a tipping point, potentially triggering a widespread collapse with significant consequences for the global climate.

15 Feb 2024