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Weathering of Rocks Due to Early Non-Vascular Plants Holds Secret to Ordovician Glaciations

During the Ordovician period, the concentration of CO2 in the earth's atmosphere was about eight times higher than today. It has been hard to explain why the climate cooled and why the Ordovician glaciations took place.

8 Jul 2016

Countries with Large Carbon Sinks Tend to be Main Destination for Major Climate Mitigation Funding

New research has found that developing countries with large carbon sinks and good governance tend to be the main destination for major green donors' climate mitigation funding.

8 Jul 2016

Researchers Link Mortality Data to Record-Breaking Temperatures Across Europe

Combining climate and mortality data, researchers have estimated that 315 deaths in Greater London and 735 deaths in Central Paris can be strongly linked to the 2003 heatwave that set record-breaking temperatures across Europe.

8 Jul 2016

Propel Fuels’ Low-Carbon Diesel Improves Air Quality, Reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Carlsbad

In partnership with California's leading low-carbon fuel brand Propel Fuels, the City of Carlsbad is now fueling with the nation's cleanest and most advanced renewable diesel: Propel Diesel HPR (High Performance Renewable).

8 Jul 2016

Researchers Study Response of Amazonian Rainforests to Increasingly Variable Climate

A recent drought completely shut down the Amazon Basin's carbon sink, by killing trees and slowing their growth, a ground-breaking study led by researchers at the Universities of Exeter and Leeds has found.

7 Jul 2016

EPFL Researchers Develop Computer Model to Evaluate Impact of Injecting CO2 Underground

Sequestering carbon dioxide underground is likely to play a key role in meeting reduction targets set at the IPCC conference in Paris last year. Researchers at EPFL have developed a simulation tool to evaluate the impact of the injection process on the host rock.

4 Jul 2016

Scientists Identify First Fingerprints of Healing in Antarctic Ozone Layer

Scientists at MIT and elsewhere have identified the “first fingerprints of healing” of the Antarctic ozone layer, published today in the journal Science.

1 Jul 2016

Rising Sea Levels Could Pose Serious Threat to Peatland Areas

Rising sea-levels linked to global warming could pose a significant threat to the effectiveness of the world's peatland areas as carbon sinks, a new study has shown.

30 Jun 2016

Conservation to Compensate Carbon Emission Essential in Gabon

The production of oil palms has been expanding from Southeast Asia to Central Africa. In the light of this expansion, a new study conducted by Duke University has revealed that conversion of the tropical forests in Africa into monoculture palm plantations can severely affect the emission of climate-warming carbon.

30 Jun 2016

Research Suggests Artificial Night-Time Light Pollution as Factor for Early Spring

Human use of artificial light is causing Spring to come at least a week early in the UK, researchers at the University of Exeter in Cornwall have found.

29 Jun 2016