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Northern Peatlands Going to be Hit Harder by Climate Change

If you’re an avid gardener, you may have considered peat moss — decomposed Sphagnum moss that helps retain moisture in soil — to enhance your home soil mixture.

4 Apr 2023

Evaluating the Carbon Intensity of Oil and Gas Production in the Gulf of Mexico

A group led by the University of Michigan discovered that the nation’s largest offshore fossil fuel production region has double the climate warming impact as official estimates by accurately measuring greenhouse gas emissions from an aircraft flying over the Gulf of Mexico.

4 Apr 2023

Volume Change of Glacial Lakes in the Greater Himalaya Estimated

The mass loss of lake-terminating glaciers in the greater Himalaya has been substantially overlooked due to satellites’ inability to see glacier changes occurring underwater, with major ramifications for the region’s future projections of glacier disappearance and water resources.

4 Apr 2023

University of Illinois Study on Microclimate Offers New Hope for Salamanders

For tiny salamanders squirming skin-to-soil, big-picture weather patterns may seem as far away as outer space. But for decades, scientists have mostly relied on free-air temperature data at large spatial scales to predict future salamander distributions under climate change.

3 Apr 2023

Research Shows How Countries Have Contributed to Global Warming Through Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Research published today shows how countries have contributed to global warming through their emissions of key greenhouse gases since 1850 - marking a new effort to track impacts in a critical decade for climate policy.

30 Mar 2023

Finding Ways to Develop Resilient and Inclusive Seed Systems

Indeed, projections show that we are not on track to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 2 of Zero Hunger by 2030.

30 Mar 2023

Can We Store Greenhouse Gas Emissions Beneath the Seafloor?

Researchers at the University of Texas Jackson School of Geosciences’ Bureau of Economic Geology are assisting the Port of Corpus Christi in determining if it may permanently store greenhouse gas emissions from industrial activity at the port beneath the seafloor of the Gulf of Mexico.

30 Mar 2023