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Bacteria and Archaea Could Help Monitor, Detect Potential Carbon Leaks

Bacteria and archaea could be used to monitor stored carbon dioxide (CO2) and convert it into useful products, such as ethanol and acetate, say researchers at the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) and the University of Oslo.

4 Oct 2016

New Study Reports Decline of Leaded Petrol Emissions in North Atlantic Ocean

For the first time in around 40 years, scientists have detected lead from natural sources in samples from this ocean.

30 Sep 2016

New Legislation Helps New York City Increase Cleaner-Burning Biodiesel in Heating Oil

The recent legislation passed by the City of New York is a significant step towards minimizing the region's carbon footprint. The new legislation incrementally displaces 20% of the heating oil that is sold within the city with sustainable, cleaner-burning, biodiesel.

29 Sep 2016

New Research Points Rising Methane Levels to Wetlands and Agriculture

New research published in Global Biogeochemical Cycles, a journal of the American Geophysical Union, reveals that recent rises in the atmospheric methane levels are probably driven by biological sources, such as cow burps, rice fields, or swamp gas, rather than emissions from fossil fuels.

28 Sep 2016

Study Discovers How Different Tree Species Adapt to Climate Change

Trees are considered to be one the most important renewable resources on the Earth. An international team of researchers, from six different universities, is working on understanding how trees adapt to climate changes.

23 Sep 2016

Study Provides Unique Insight into Past and Present-Day Mass Loss in Greenland Ice Sheet

A new study based on GPS measurements of the Earth’s crust suggests that previous calculations of past and present-day mass loss in the Greenland Ice Sheet may have been underestimated.

23 Sep 2016

New Study on Greenland Ice Sheet Provides Important Insight on Climate Change

A new study on the Greenland Ice Sheet provides valuable insight on climate change, using unique research methods to establish new estimates of ice loss for both modern and ancient times, says UB geologist Beata Csatho, one of more than a dozen team members on the international project.

22 Sep 2016

Appropriate Management of Agroecosystems Can Help Buffer Effects of Climate Instability

How will we feed our growing population in the face of an increasingly extreme climate? Many experts suggest the answer lies in breeding novel crop varieties that can withstand the increases in drought, heat, and extreme rainfall events predicted in the not-too-distant future.

21 Sep 2016

EUMETSAT’s GOME-2 Maps Ozone from Space

The hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica became an international cause for concern in the latter half of the 20th Century, but as EUMETSAT’s Atmospheric Composition Product Development Team Leader Dr Christian Retscher points out, issues relating to ozone levels are complex and wide-reaching.

19 Sep 2016

UV-Led Study Shows Impact of 2015/2016 El Niño and Global Warming in Amazonia

A study led by researchers at the Global Change Unit at the Universitat de València (UV) shows the impact the current 2015/2016 El Niño is having in Amazonia. Areas of extreme drought and changes to their typical distribution in the region are among the most evident consequences.

15 Sep 2016