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Climate Change and Wildfire Events Play a Big Role in Reduction of Stored Carbon in Forests

New research from a multi-university team of biologists shows what could be a startling drop in the amount of carbon stored in the Sierra Nevada mountains due to projected climate change and wildfire events.

26 May 2017

Intensity of Extreme Rainfall Could Increase with Rise in Global Temperatures

A new study by researchers from MIT and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich shows that the most extreme rain events in most regions of the world will increase in intensity by 3 to 15 percent, depending on region, for every degree Celsius that the planet warms.

16 May 2017

Three Questions to Make Informed Decisions on Responses to Anthropogenic Climate Change

While research into the Earth's processes, the climate, and its dynamics has come a long way in the last several decades, there is still more to be done, say climate researchers.

4 May 2017

Month-Long Airborne Campaign to Build Confident and Consistent Picture of Carbon-Dioxide and Methane Fluxes

In May, a team of Goddard scientists will begin measuring greenhouse gases over the Mid-Atlantic region — an area chosen in part because it encompasses a range of vegetation, climate, and soil types that would influence the exchange of carbon dioxide and methane between the Earth and the atmosphere.

3 May 2017

New Study Explains Previously Unknown Carbon Preservation Mechanism

An astounding amount of carbon can be present in the soils and sediments, which is much higher than the carbon content present in the atmosphere and plants in the world collectively and represents a major potential source of carbon dioxide – a greenhouse gas.

2 May 2017

Former Congressman Bob Inglis Delivers Lecture on Climate Change and Free Enterprise at MIT

Describing himself as an "energy optimist" and a "climate realist," former U.S. Congressman Bob Inglis (R-SC) told an MIT audience on Tuesday, April 25, that solutions to address climate change are within reach, but that support from conservatives will be indispensable to moving them forward.

29 Apr 2017

Climate Data Analyst Thomas Karl Delivers Lecture at MIT

Climate data analyst Thomas Karl describes global temperature and precipitation measurement and interpretation in the 16th Henry W. Kendall Memorial Lecture.

26 Apr 2017

Climate Change May Drastically Increase Variability in Nile's Annual Output, Find MIT Researchers

Climate change could lead to overall increase in river flow, but more droughts and floods, study shows.

25 Apr 2017

New Project Aims to Remove Greenhouse Gases to Counteract Global Warming

A University of Bristol academic will lead one of seven topic-specific projects announced yesterday by NERC as part of a £8.6million research programme which will investigate ways to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere to counteract global warming.

24 Apr 2017

New Study Reveals Safety Risk of Potentially Explosive Methane Gas Leaking from Energy Wells

Potentially explosive methane gas leaking from energy wells may travel extensively through groundwater and pose a safety risk, according to a new study by University of Guelph researchers.

6 Apr 2017