Estimates of ecosystem carbon mitigation improved towards the goal of the Paris agreement
Credit: Masayuki Kondo Approximately 30 percent of CO2 emitted to the atmosphere by human activities, mainly the use of fossil ...
Tag: Climate Change
Experiment suggests the best ways to tackle invasive Oregon grape in Belgian coastal dunes
Credit: Tim Adriaens The Belgian coastal dunes, a protected habitat of high conservation value, are getting severely impacted by one ...
Earth was stressed before dinosaur extinction
Fossilized seashells show signs of global warming, ocean acidification leading up to asteroid impactCredit: Northwestern University Shells' chemistry shifted to ...
Scientists link decline of baltic cod to hypoxia — and climate change
Fishes' 'internal logbooks' show decline in valuable species is caused by loss of seawater oxygenCredit: Yvette Heimbrand, SLU If you ...
NASA finds Tropical Storm Belna’s heavy rainfall potential shrinks
Credit: Credit: NASA JPL/Heidar Thrastarson Tropical Storm Belna weakened after it made landfall in northwestern Madagascar, and infrared imagery from ...
UNH sails into the next generation of ocean mapping with NOAA grant
Credit: Credit: Saildrone, Inc. DURHAM, N.H.-- Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have been awarded a three-year grant from ...
NASA’s temp check on Tropical Storm Belna finds heavy rainfall potential
Credit: Credit: NASA JPL/Heidar Thrastarson Cold cloud top temperatures can tell forecasters if a tropical cyclone has the potential to ...
Natural ecosystems protect against climate change
Research led by Göttingen University studies carbon sinks and land-use in a mangrove-fringed lagoon in JavaCredit: K Anggi Hapsari The ...
Technologies and scientific advances needed to track methane levels in atmosphere
Credit: Matt Rigby, University of Bristol Understanding what influences the amount of methane in the atmosphere has been identified by ...
Spying on hippos with drones to help conservation efforts
Credit: Victoria Inman Drones with cameras might be a nuisance to privacy in the suburbs, but in Southern Africa they ...
No ‘clouded’ judgments: Geostationary satellite an alternative to monitor land surfaces
Researchers explain how a new meteorological satellite can be an option to monitor land surfaces and climate changeCredit: Tomoaki Miura ...
Could dark carbon be hiding the true scale of ocean ‘dead zones’?
Credit: Sabine Lengger, University of Plymouth Dead zones within the world's oceans - where there is almost no oxygen to ...
Research shows ramping up carbon capture could be key to mitigating climate change
Credit: UK Department of Energy & Climate Change As the world gathers in Madrid to discuss how to reduce greenhouse ...
Researchers find some forests crucial for climate change mitigation, biodiversity
Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - A study by Oregon State University researchers has identified forests in the western ...
Megadroughts fueled Peruvian cloud forest activity
Sediment samples show recovery from some ecosystem damage possibleCredit: Florida Tech MELBOURNE, FLA. -- New research led by scientists from ...
Tackling air pollution: researchers present emissions inventory for Nepal
Credit: © Authors 2019. Data on emission amounts and sources have an important role to play in shaping policy on ...
The Antarctic: study from Kiel provides data about the structure of the icy continent
European Space Agency publishes a 3D model of the AntarcticCredit: © Planetary Visions (credit: ESA/Planetary Visions) The Antarctic is one ...
NASA examines Tropical Cyclone Belna’s water vapor concentration
Credit: Credits: NASA/NRL When NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the Southern Indian Ocean, water vapor data provided information about the ...
Rice University launches bold climate change initiative with Shell
'Game-changing' idea: Don't burn hydrocarbons, split them into hydrogen energy and valuable carbon materialsCredit: Photo by Tommy LaVergne/Rice University HOUSTON ...
Metal-organic sponge can convert CO2 into fuel
Associate Prof. Nina Lock from the Department of Engineering has received a grant of DKK 4.3 million (EUR 0.6 mill.) ...
