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Geoengineering Not a ‘Quick Fix’ for Global Warming

The deliberate, large-scale intervention in the Earth’s climate system is not a “quick fix” for global warming, according to the findings of the UK’s first publicly funded studies on geoengineering.

26 Nov 2014

Extreme Weather Does Not Convince Skeptics of Global Warming

What will it take to convince skeptics of global warming that the phenomenon is real? Surely, many scientists believe, enough droughts, floods and heat waves will begin to change minds.

25 Nov 2014

New Way to Assess Calcification Rates of Coral Reefs and Open Sea Plankton

Due to man-made emissions, the CO2 content of the oceans has increased dramatically and is gradually acidifying the surface waters.

21 Nov 2014

Recent Slowdown in Global Warming Could be due to Small Volcanic Eruptions

Small volcanic eruptions might eject more of an atmosphere-cooling gas into Earth's upper atmosphere than previously thought, potentially contributing to the recent slowdown in global warming, according to a new study.

20 Nov 2014

Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Also Helps Reduce Incidence of Health Problems

Reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, which result from the burning of fossil fuels, also reduces the incidence of health problems from particulate matter (PM) in these emissions.

20 Nov 2014

Warming Temperatures Will Return Less Soil Carbon to the Atmosphere than Currently Predicted

Here’s another reason to pay close attention to microbes: Current climate models probably overestimate the amount of carbon that will be released from soil into the atmosphere as global temperatures rise, according to research from the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab).

19 Nov 2014

Imported Emissions in the EU Outweigh Achievements in Domestic Reductions

"The Kyoto Protocol has not met the expectations. Currently, global emissions are at a more than 50% higher level than during the Protocol’s reference year, 1990. In the light of current trends and the annual increase in emissions being around 2.5% on average, global emissions have been assumed to double by 2030.

18 Nov 2014

Climate has been a Roller Coaster over the Past Hundred Thousand Years

If you want to see into the future, you have to understand the past. An international consortium of researchers under the auspices of the University of Bonn has drilled deposits on the bed of Lake Van (Eastern Turkey) which provide unique insights into the last 600,000 years. The samples reveal that the climate has done its fair share of mischief-making in the past. Furthermore, there have been numerous earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

18 Nov 2014

Solar Radiation Management May Help Offset Warming Effect of Greenhouses Gases

A vast majority of scientists believe that the Earth is warming at an unprecedented rate and that human activity is almost certainly the dominant cause. But on the topics of response and mitigation, there is far less consensus.

18 Nov 2014

Different Tillage Methods Provide Similar Carbon Sequestration Outcomes

Reducing or eliminating tillage is one of the farming practices most frequently touted to improve carbon sequestration in soil. A new study by INRA and Arvalis-Institut du Végétal turns this paradigm on its head. This study, the result of a rigorous experiment conducted in the Ile-de-France region, shows that after a period of 41 years, three tillage methods led to similar carbon sequestration outcomes. However, variations were apparent over time based on climate conditions.

18 Nov 2014