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Earth Models Over-Estimate Water Stress in Tropical Forests

Forests could help combat climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide (CO2) during photosynthesis and retaining it in their biomass (roots, tree trunks, etc.).

23 Nov 2020

Study Analyzes Future Projections of Evaporative Demand in California, Nevada

According to a new study from the Desert Research Institute (DRI), the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, and the University of California, Merced, climate change and a “thirsty atmosphere” would result in more extreme wildfire risks and multi-year droughts to California and Nevada by the end of the 21st century.

20 Nov 2020

Heat Pumps at Heart of Boris Revolution

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has welcomed the far-reaching plan announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson for a ‘green industrial revolution’ backed by £12bn in government investment, which could create up to 250,000 new jobs.

20 Nov 2020

Fatal Drownings Through Ice Increase with Warming Temperatures

As winters become milder and lake ice less stable, more children and young adults are falling through the ice and fatally drowning, say York University researchers.

19 Nov 2020

Study Shows Climate Change Mitigation Potential of Bioenergy Systems

That biofuels can contribute to a cleaner global energy mix is widely accepted, but the net benefits of bioenergy in terms of mitigating greenhouse gases (GHG) are moot. Some argue, for example, that biofuels are not sustainable because the conversion of non-agricultural land to grow energy crops could lead to a significant initial decrease in carbon storage, creating what is known as a "biofuel carbon debt".

19 Nov 2020

Amazon and Global Optimism Welcome Henkel and Signify to the Climate Pledge

Today, Amazon and Global Optimism announced that Henkel has joined The Climate Pledge, a commitment to be net-zero carbon by 2040—a decade ahead of the Paris Agreement’s goal of 2050. Signify, which already achieved carbon neutrality earlier this year, is also joining The Climate Pledge to collaborate with other signatories and share best practices.

19 Nov 2020

Burning of Wood is More Climate Friendly than Coal or Natural Gas, Report Shows

ENERGY A new report from the University of Copenhagen shows that the burning of wood is significantly more climate friendly than coal and slightly more climate friendly than natural gas over the long run.

18 Nov 2020

Study Emphasizes the Need to Reduce Greenhouse Gases and Aerosols in Tandem

A new study notes that humans should decrease carbon dioxide and aerosol pollution at the time same to prevent the weakening of the ocean’s potential to maintain the planet cool.

18 Nov 2020

Solar Geoengineering May Fail to Prevent Catastrophic Warming in the Long Run

Seeding the air with aerosols might not prevent high concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) from destabilizing low-lying clouds, which could lead to increased warming.

18 Nov 2020

Not so Fast: Modeling Shows Ecosystems Can Survive Environmental Change — Up to a Point

A Skoltech researcher and her colleagues from Canada and Chile experimented with mathematical evolutionary models to explore how well ecosystems can keep up with changing environmental conditions — a question all too relevant in our current ecological situation.

18 Nov 2020