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Methane Seeps from Svalbard Seafloor Deposits Near Release Less Greenhouse Gas

Methane seeps from seafloor deposits near Svalbard release less ‘greenhouse gas’ into the atmosphere than other Arctic sites because ocean currents there form an effective barrier.

20 Oct 2015

Shale Oil and Crude Oil Production Generate Similar Levels of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory this week released a pair of studies on the efficiency of shale oil production excavation. The reports show that shale oil production generates greenhouse gas emissions at levels similar to traditional crude oil production.

19 Oct 2015

Potential ‘Tipping Points’ Where Abrupt Regional Climate Shifts Could Occur

An international team of scientists have identified potential ‘tipping points’ where abrupt regional climate shifts could occur due to global warming,

19 Oct 2015

Biodiversity Could Help Protect Ecosystems from Extreme Climate

Can biodiversity help protect ecosystems from extreme conditions? That question is much on the minds of scientists and policy makers as a changing climate brings more wildly swinging conditions at the same time human activities reduce the number of species available to produce food and oxygen and help keep our planet in balance.

16 Oct 2015

Subsurface Ocean Warming Could be Causing More Release of Frozen Methane

Warming ocean temperatures a third of a mile below the surface, in a dark ocean in areas with little marine life, might attract scant attention. But this is precisely the depth where frozen pockets of methane 'ice' transition from a dormant solid to a powerful greenhouse gas.

16 Oct 2015

New Study Finds Tight Linkage Between Ocean Currents and Climate Change

A new study of the relationship between ocean currents and climate change has found that they are tightly linked, and that changes in the polar regions can affect the ocean and climate on the opposite side of the world within one to two hundred years, far quicker than previously thought.

15 Oct 2015

Tropical Species Could be Most Vulnerable to Climate Change

Climate change is perhaps felt most acutely in the Arctic right now, but by the start of the next century, animal species in the Amazon basin region will be harder hit as the Earth warms.

15 Oct 2015

IPCC Projections About Future Warming are ‘Wildly Over Optimistic,’ says Climate Expert

As a new chairman is appointed to the Intergovernmental Panel on climate Change (IPCC) a University of Manchester climate expert has said headline projections from the organisation about future warming are ‘wildly over optimistic.’

14 Oct 2015

Experts to Urge Political Leaders to Address Threat of Thawing Permafrost in the Arctic

Three leading Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC) experts on the threats of climate change in the Arctic will urge France's President Hollande and other political leaders to address the threat posed by thawing permafrost in the Arctic at the Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavik, Iceland on October 15.

14 Oct 2015

“Bridge” Fuel May Not Have Been Accounted for While Measuring Atmospheric Greenhouse Gas Emissions

While the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) suggests there has been a decline in measurable atmospheric greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel use in the U.S. for the past seven years, a Cornell scientist says the EPA’s computation may be in error – by a wide margin – due to problematic accounting for natural gas, the so-called “bridge” fuel.

13 Oct 2015