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Study Shows CO2 can be Stored in Hydrates that are Extracted for Energy

A new study performed by researchers from The University of Texas at Austin demonstrates that when carbon dioxide and air are injected into methane ice deposits buried underneath the Gulf of Mexico, enormous natural gas energy resources could be unlocked.

28 Jun 2019

Airplane Contrails May Triple by 2050 Leading to Increased Climate Impact

In the appropriate conditions, airplane contrails tend to remain in the sky as contrail cirrus – ice clouds that can trap heat inside the Earth’s atmosphere.

28 Jun 2019

Study: Agroforestry Overlooked in Global Climate Change Reporting Systems

Farmers plant trees into pastures and fields to make money out of wood or fruit, increase shade and fodder for livestock, protect against wind or water erosion, or improve soil health.

27 Jun 2019

Ancient Methods Could Increase Water Availability in Coastal Peru

According to a new study conducted at Imperial College London, 1,400-year-old methods can possibly increase the availability of water in Lima during the dry season.

25 Jun 2019

New Evidence Boosts Scientific Community’s Confidence in Climate Modeling

For several years, researchers investigating a key climate occurrence have been contending with contradictory data that has threatened to destabilize confidence in the dependability of climate models on the whole.

25 Jun 2019

Boaty McBoatface Studies Changing Temperatures at the Bottom of Southern Ocean

For the first time, the first mission of the autonomous submarine vehicle Autosub Long Range (popularly referred to as “Boaty McBoatface”) has cast light on an important process that links increasing Antarctic winds with elevating sea temperatures.

18 Jun 2019

Study on Climate Change Offers Sobering Glimpse of Possible Social Upheavals

The latest study of climate changes and their impact on earlier societies provides a sobering signal of social disturbances that might occur in the future.

18 Jun 2019

Seaweed Feed Supplement May Not be a Viable Option to Fight Climate Change

According to researchers at Pennsylvania State University (Penn State), using seaweed in the place of cattle feed may considerably reduce methane gas belched by livestock.

18 Jun 2019

Mineral-Induced Carbon Sequestration May Explain Abundance of Oxygen in the Earth’s Atmosphere

Many people might recall the Earth’s carbon cycle from their grade school science class. The carbon cycle occurs something like this: plants release oxygen into the atmosphere after taking up carbon dioxide and changing it into organic carbon.

13 Jun 2019