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Novel Approach for Pricing Carbon Could Help Meet Net-Zero Emissions Goals

An article released today by researchers at Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy in the journal Nature Climate Change introduces a new approach for pricing carbon -- Near-term to Net Zero.

18 Aug 2020

Study Estimates the Impact of Climate Change on World's Oceans

More than 50% of the world's oceans could already be affected by climate change, with this figure rising as high as 80% over the coming decades, a new study has shown.

18 Aug 2020

Climate Change Causes Shifts in Composition of Plant Communities

Although Live Oak trees are common in South Florida today, Ken Feeley, a University of Miami biology professor, said their time here may be fleeting.

18 Aug 2020

New Study Explores Human Exposure to Extreme Temperatures During 21st Century

Denver is known for its relatively mild climate and its four distinct seasons.

18 Aug 2020

Greenland Ice Melt Could Lead to Sea Level Rise of 10 cm

A new study has analyzed nearly 30 years of scientific data related to the melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet.

18 Aug 2020

New Study Aims to Understand the Environmental Impacts on Antarctic Seals

A New Zealand-led international study of the crabeater seal population in Antarctica aims to understand environmental impacts on one of the southern-most mammals in the world.

17 Aug 2020

Glaciers are Shrinking Drastically Due to Warming Temperatures

The Greenland ice sheet would go on shrinking even if global warming ended immediately, according to a study using almost four decades of satellite data.

14 Aug 2020

Sea Levels Rise Could Lead to More River Avulsions

Sea-level rise due to climate change is poised to shift the way that rivers naturally chart their path to the shoreline.

14 Aug 2020

Study Reports New York Agriculture Can Mitigate its Own Greenhouse Gas Emissions

In a state-funded report commissioned by the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, two researchers from Cornell University state that New York agriculture has the potential to compensate for its own greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

14 Aug 2020

Warming Climate in Tropical Forests Could Increase Harmful Emissions of Soil Carbon

Billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide risk being lost into the atmosphere due to tropical forest soils being significantly more sensitive to climate change than previously thought.

13 Aug 2020