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Scientists Reveal Historic Link Between Ocean Currents and Climate Change

Scientists have discovered a relationship between climate change and ocean currents over the past six million years after analysing an area of the Atlantic near the Strait of Gibraltar, according to research published today in the journal Science.

16 Jun 2014

NASA to Launch Dedicated Spacecraft for Measuring CO2 Levels in Earth’s Atmosphere

NASA’s first spacecraft dedicated to measuring carbon dioxide levels in Earth’s atmosphere is in final preparations for a July 1 launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.

13 Jun 2014

Logging, Mining, and Forest Fires Will Affect Aquatic and Terrestrial Food Chains

Debris from forests that washes into freshwater lakes supplements the diets of microscopic zooplankton and the fish that feed off them – creating larger and stronger fish, new research shows.

13 Jun 2014

Climate Change Affects Health and Psychological Well-Being

Climate change will have significant negative impacts on Americans' health and psychological well-being, due to an increase in the frequency and severity of climate-related natural disasters and other climate-related changes in the environment and weather. Likely effects, which will increase as climate change's physical impacts accelerate, include stress, anxiety, depression and a loss of community identity, says a new report from the American Psychological Association and ecoAmerica.

11 Jun 2014

Climate May Not Be the Primary Driver of How Quickly Organic Matter Decomposes

A new Yale-led study challenges the long-held assumption that climate is the primary driver of how quickly organic matter decomposes in different regions, a key piece of information used in formulating climate models.

3 Jun 2014

NASA Awards Exelis Contract to Build Satellite Payload for Improving Climate Models

Exelis has been awarded a contract by NASA worth up to $208 million to build the Radiation Budget Instrument (RBI), a satellite payload that will improve scientific understanding of climate change. The contract includes one flight unit with options for two more instruments and associated support.

3 Jun 2014

Cutting Down Emissions May Be the Perfect Option to Fight Global Warming

Forget about positioning giant mirrors in space to reduce the amount of sunlight being trapped in the earth's atmosphere or seeding clouds to reduce the amount of light entering earth's atmosphere. Those approaches to climate engineering aren't likely to be effective or practical in slowing global warming.

2 Jun 2014

NPL Launches New Mobile Laboratory to Measure Airborne Emissions

The Environmental Measurements Group and the Centre for Carbon Measurement at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have launched a new mobile laboratory to detect and measure emissions that are harmful to the environment.

31 May 2014

Simulating Climate Change Effects with High Tunnels

Okra, peanuts, cotton and bananas are not exactly staple crops on Ithaca farms and home gardens.

31 May 2014

Heriot-Watt University, BioFuelNet Canada and Bio-Char Network Sign New MoU for Biochar Research

Current collaboration between the UK and Canada in the area of biochar as an effective way to capture CO2 has been strengthened by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Professor Raffaella Ocone at Heriot-Watt University (UK) and BioFuelNet Canada (BNF) and Bio-Char Network (Bio-Char) in Canada.

20 May 2014