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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

Lawmakers Called Upon to Make More Definitive Climate Rules Beyond 2020

As the California Air Resources Board (CARB) hears public comment Thursday on a far-reaching plan to meet the greenhouse gas reduction goals in the Golden State's clean energy law (AB 32), business groups are calling on lawmakers to make more definitive plans beyond 2020.

23 May 2014

Researchers Explore Effect of Snow on the Amount of Water that Rivers Discharge

New research has shown for the first time that the amount of water flowing through rivers in snow-affected regions depends significantly on how much of the precipitation falls as snowfall.

19 May 2014

Greenland Glacial Melt More Dangerous than Previously Believed

Greenland's icy reaches are far more vulnerable to warm ocean waters from climate change than had been thought, according to new research by UC Irvine and NASA glaciologists.

19 May 2014

Greenhouse Gas Expert: Control Methane Now to Avoid Environmental Tipping Point in the Future

As the shale gas boom continues, the atmosphere receives more methane, adding to Earth’s greenhouse gas problem.

15 May 2014

NASA Hosts Media Teleconference on Stability of West Antarctic Ice Sheet

NASA will host a media teleconference at 9:30 a.m. PDT (12:30 p.m. EDT) Monday, May 12, to discuss new research results on the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and its potential contribution to future sea level rise.

12 May 2014

UK Deriving Emissions Linked to Climate Change Network Awarded £918,000 Renewed Funding

A network of integrated greenhouse gas measurements in the UK and Ireland – the first of its kind in Europe – has been awarded renewed funding of £918,000 for continued operation.

8 May 2014

Melting Ice in East Antarctica could Raise World Sea Levels, Study Finds

The melting of a rather small ice volume on East Antarctica’s shore could trigger a persistent ice discharge into the ocean, resulting in unstoppable sea-level rise for thousands of years to come. This is shown in a study now published in Nature Climate Change by scientists from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). The findings are based on computer simulations of the Antarctic ice flow using improved data of the ground profile underneath the ice sheet.

6 May 2014

Study Assesses Environmental Impacts of Biocontainers During Plant Production

Many efforts to reduce the environmental impacts associated with commercial horticulture production have failed to influence the general public. For example, one recent study showed that the use of organic fertilizers offered no significant marketing advantage to producers of floral crops.

29 Apr 2014