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Negative-Emission Technologies Could Help Remove CO2 from the Atmosphere

Adverse effects of cumulative emissions of greenhouse gases at constant increasing rates have been predicted by climate researchers. The fact that any solution will require sharp decreases in emissions from sources like coal-fueled power plants and automobiles has been accepted by professionals.

28 Feb 2019

Capturing Carbon from the Air

Climate scientists predict disastrous consequences if greenhouse gases continue to accumulate at ever-increasing rates.

28 Feb 2019

Study Predicts Impact of Climate Change on Forest Ecosystem in the Western United States

Leander Anderegg (Carnegie Institution for Science) and Janneke Hille Ris Lambers (University of Washington) have reported in their new study that climate plays an important role in determining which tree communities will grow under severe conditions on the mountain slopes of the Western United States.

26 Feb 2019

Lab-Grown Meat’s Promise for Cutting Climate Warming Depends on an Energy Revolution

Comparison of the greenhouse gases produced by lab-grown and farm-raised beef in the current energy system suggests that the benefits of reducing methane could be outweighed by increased CO2.

20 Feb 2019

EASAC’s Latest Analysis Reveals Increasing Significance of Technologies to Remove CO2

In a new report, the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council (EASAC), which is the representative of the national science academies of the EU Member States, Norway, and Switzerland, states its latest analysis shows that technologies and methods for eliminating CO2 from the atmosphere are becoming increasingly important with the failure to reverse the burgeoning global emissions.

20 Feb 2019

Young Regrowing Forests Found to be Major Terrestrial Carbon Sinks

A study at the University of Birmingham shows that more than half of the carbon sink in the forests across the globe is in the regions where trees are comparatively young—less than 140 years—and not in the tropical rainforests.

19 Feb 2019

Climate Change May Lead to Stronger Thunderstorms and More Stagnant Conditions

Climate change is shifting the energy in the atmosphere that fuels summertime weather, which may lead to stronger thunderstorms and more stagnant conditions for midlatitude regions of the Northern Hemisphere, including North America, Europe, and Asia, a new MIT study finds.

19 Feb 2019