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Propel Fuels’ Low-Carbon Diesel Improves Air Quality, Reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Carlsbad

In partnership with California's leading low-carbon fuel brand Propel Fuels, the City of Carlsbad is now fueling with the nation's cleanest and most advanced renewable diesel: Propel Diesel HPR (High Performance Renewable).

8 Jul 2016

Researchers Study Response of Amazonian Rainforests to Increasingly Variable Climate

A recent drought completely shut down the Amazon Basin's carbon sink, by killing trees and slowing their growth, a ground-breaking study led by researchers at the Universities of Exeter and Leeds has found.

7 Jul 2016

EPFL Researchers Develop Computer Model to Evaluate Impact of Injecting CO2 Underground

Sequestering carbon dioxide underground is likely to play a key role in meeting reduction targets set at the IPCC conference in Paris last year. Researchers at EPFL have developed a simulation tool to evaluate the impact of the injection process on the host rock.

4 Jul 2016

Scientists Identify First Fingerprints of Healing in Antarctic Ozone Layer

Scientists at MIT and elsewhere have identified the “first fingerprints of healing” of the Antarctic ozone layer, published today in the journal Science.

1 Jul 2016

Rising Sea Levels Could Pose Serious Threat to Peatland Areas

Rising sea-levels linked to global warming could pose a significant threat to the effectiveness of the world's peatland areas as carbon sinks, a new study has shown.

30 Jun 2016

Conservation to Compensate Carbon Emission Essential in Gabon

The production of oil palms has been expanding from Southeast Asia to Central Africa. In the light of this expansion, a new study conducted by Duke University has revealed that conversion of the tropical forests in Africa into monoculture palm plantations can severely affect the emission of climate-warming carbon.

30 Jun 2016