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Gushing Bubbles from Melting Glaciers Create Noisy Fjords

Bubbles gushing from melting glaciers and their icebergs make fjords the noisiest places in the oceans, a new study of waters near Alaska and Antarctica shows.

9 Mar 2015

More Efficient Alternative to Make Carbon Capture Less Energy-Intensive

Trapping carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from power plants and various industries could play a significant role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the future. But current materials that can collect CO2 -- from smokestacks, for example -- have low capacities or require very high temperatures to work. Scientists are making progress toward a more efficient alternative, described in the ACS journal Chemistry of Materials, that could help make carbon capture less energy-intensive.

6 Mar 2015

Climate Change Has Negative Impact on Patients' Health

The American Thoracic Society has published the results of a survey of the ATS membership on climate change which found that the majority of ATS members believe that climate change is real and that it is having a negative impact on the health of the patients that they care for.

5 Mar 2015

Climate Change Could Worsen Impact of Pollution on Wildlife

The impact of pollution on wildlife could be made dramatically worse by climate change according to a new study published today in the journal PNAS.

4 Mar 2015

Climate Change Leads to More Frequent Drought in California

California has experienced more frequent drought years in the last two decades than it has in the past several centuries. That observed uptick is primarily the result of rising temperatures in the region, which have climbed to record highs as a result of climate change, Stanford scientists say.

4 Mar 2015