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Research Shows Aggregated HFC Emissions Are Not Accurately Reported

Reported emissions of a group of potent greenhouse gases from developed countries are shown to be largely accurate, but for the wrong reasons, according to new findings from an international team, led by researchers at the University of Bristol.

28 Apr 2015

High Mountain Regions Could Be Warming Faster Than Previously Believed

An international team of scientists is calling for urgent and temperature patterns in mountain regions after compiling evidence that high elevations could be warming faster than previously thought.

25 Apr 2015

Ancient Carbon Locked in Arctic Permafrost Being Transformed into Carbon Dioxide

While climatologists are carefully watching carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, another group of scientists is exploring a massive storehouse of carbon that has the potential to significantly affect the climate change picture.

25 Apr 2015

New Sustainable Strategies Can Help Farming Adapt to Hotter Conditions

Agriculture can be both a victim and a cause of climate change, say global warming experts. But new sustainable strategies that can help farming adapt to hotter conditions may help reduce agriculture’s carbon footprint too.

24 Apr 2015

Empirical Data Suggests Middle-of-the-Road Global Warming Scenario

A new study based on 1,000 years of temperature records suggests global warming is not progressing as fast as it would under the most severe emissions scenarios outlined by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

23 Apr 2015

Amazon Deforestation Increases Potential Impact of Climate Change

Human activity has removed more than one-tenth of trees and plants from the Amazon rainforest since the 1960s, a study shows.

22 Apr 2015

Study Reveals Phytoplankton are Potentially Key Driver of Arctic Warming Under Greenhouse Warming

Phytoplankton, commonly known as plant plankton that remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through photosynthesis, are potentially a key driver of Arctic warming under greenhouse warming, a study reveals.

22 Apr 2015

Interdisciplinary Study Reveals Ocean Currents Strongly Impact Bacterial Methane Removal

Large amounts of methane - whether as free gas or as solid gas hydrates - can be found in the sea floor along the ocean shores. When the hydrates dissolve or when the gas finds pathways in the sea floor to ascend, the methane can be released into the water and rise to the surface.

22 Apr 2015

Limited Soil Nutrients Will Curtail Accelerated Plant Growth Due to Increasing Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Many scientists assume that the growing level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will accelerate plant growth. However, a new study co-written by University of Montana researchers suggests much of this growth will be curtailed by limited soil nutrients.

21 Apr 2015

Fast Ocean Currents Promote Escape of Methane into the Atmosphere

Ocean and Earth Science researchers from the University of Southampton were part of an international team of scientists to reveal how the interplay between ocean currents and marine microbiology serve to regulate potentially damaging emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane, created beneath the Arctic Ocean.

21 Apr 2015