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Scientists Relate Shrinking of Antarctic Ice Sheet to Increase in CO2 Levels

Around 23 million years ago, the Antarctic Ice Sheet started to shrink to about half of its modern size. Although computer models showed that an increase in CO2 levels could be the reason, the evidence remained elusive until now.

12 Oct 2016

Researchers Urge International Effort to Set Global Priorities for Developing Renewable Energy

A comment published in this week's science Journal Nature, an international team of scientists from nine nations demand a grand challenges strategy to set priorities on a global level for developing renewable energy.

6 Oct 2016

Historical Ocean Water Levels May Underestimate Global Average Sea Level Rise

New research published in Geophysical Research Letters shows that the longest and highest-quality records of historical ocean water levels may underestimate the amount of global average sea level rise that occurred during the 20th century.

4 Oct 2016

Bacteria and Archaea Could Help Monitor, Detect Potential Carbon Leaks

Bacteria and archaea could be used to monitor stored carbon dioxide (CO2) and convert it into useful products, such as ethanol and acetate, say researchers at the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) and the University of Oslo.

4 Oct 2016

New Study Reports Decline of Leaded Petrol Emissions in North Atlantic Ocean

For the first time in around 40 years, scientists have detected lead from natural sources in samples from this ocean.

30 Sep 2016

New Legislation Helps New York City Increase Cleaner-Burning Biodiesel in Heating Oil

The recent legislation passed by the City of New York is a significant step towards minimizing the region's carbon footprint. The new legislation incrementally displaces 20% of the heating oil that is sold within the city with sustainable, cleaner-burning, biodiesel.

29 Sep 2016

New Research Points Rising Methane Levels to Wetlands and Agriculture

New research published in Global Biogeochemical Cycles, a journal of the American Geophysical Union, reveals that recent rises in the atmospheric methane levels are probably driven by biological sources, such as cow burps, rice fields, or swamp gas, rather than emissions from fossil fuels.

28 Sep 2016

Study Discovers How Different Tree Species Adapt to Climate Change

Trees are considered to be one the most important renewable resources on the Earth. An international team of researchers, from six different universities, is working on understanding how trees adapt to climate changes.

23 Sep 2016

Study Provides Unique Insight into Past and Present-Day Mass Loss in Greenland Ice Sheet

A new study based on GPS measurements of the Earth’s crust suggests that previous calculations of past and present-day mass loss in the Greenland Ice Sheet may have been underestimated.

23 Sep 2016

New Study on Greenland Ice Sheet Provides Important Insight on Climate Change

A new study on the Greenland Ice Sheet provides valuable insight on climate change, using unique research methods to establish new estimates of ice loss for both modern and ancient times, says UB geologist Beata Csatho, one of more than a dozen team members on the international project.

22 Sep 2016