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Bacteria and Archaea Could Help Monitor, Detect Potential Carbon Leaks

Bacteria and archaea could be used to monitor stored carbon dioxide (CO2) and convert it into useful products, such as ethanol and acetate, say researchers at the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) and the University of Oslo.

4 Oct 2016

New Legislation Helps New York City Increase Cleaner-Burning Biodiesel in Heating Oil

The recent legislation passed by the City of New York is a significant step towards minimizing the region's carbon footprint. The new legislation incrementally displaces 20% of the heating oil that is sold within the city with sustainable, cleaner-burning, biodiesel.

29 Sep 2016

New Research Points Rising Methane Levels to Wetlands and Agriculture

New research published in Global Biogeochemical Cycles, a journal of the American Geophysical Union, reveals that recent rises in the atmospheric methane levels are probably driven by biological sources, such as cow burps, rice fields, or swamp gas, rather than emissions from fossil fuels.

28 Sep 2016

Study on Soil Modeling to Arrest Climate Change

The impact of soil - a major carbon pool - on climate change is yet to be completely understood. According to a new research, however, soil carbon stocks could be modeled more accurately by considering the impacts of both soil composition and soil nutrient status.

27 Sep 2016

Study Discovers How Different Tree Species Adapt to Climate Change

Trees are considered to be one the most important renewable resources on the Earth. An international team of researchers, from six different universities, is working on understanding how trees adapt to climate changes.

23 Sep 2016

Study Provides Unique Insight into Past and Present-Day Mass Loss in Greenland Ice Sheet

A new study based on GPS measurements of the Earth’s crust suggests that previous calculations of past and present-day mass loss in the Greenland Ice Sheet may have been underestimated.

23 Sep 2016

New Study on Greenland Ice Sheet Provides Important Insight on Climate Change

A new study on the Greenland Ice Sheet provides valuable insight on climate change, using unique research methods to establish new estimates of ice loss for both modern and ancient times, says UB geologist Beata Csatho, one of more than a dozen team members on the international project.

22 Sep 2016

Paleomammalogist Hopes to Uncover Fossils of Ancient Climate Change

A record of shifts in the environment and animal diversity and distribution may help scientists predict effects of current climate change

22 Sep 2016

Researchers Explore Climate Change Effects on Species Associations

Climate changes are beginning to reorder species from Argentina's grasslands to the ice-free regions of Greenland.

22 Sep 2016

Climate Change may Alter Land Use to Meet Global Demand for Food Production

A group of scientists led by the University of Birmingham have warned that global crop yields may fall in the areas currently used to produce the world’s three main cereal crops if no significant improvements are made in technology, and this may force the production to shift to other areas.

21 Sep 2016