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Developing a Novel Energy Assessment Tool

For Naga Srujana Goteti, a postdoc at the MIT Energy Initiative, finding a meaningful career has required starting from scratch — three times.

10 Apr 2020

Global Climate Change Could Cause Sudden Catastrophic Losses of Biodiversity

A warming global climate could cause sudden, potentially catastrophic losses of biodiversity in regions across the globe throughout the 21st century, finds a new UCL-led study.

9 Apr 2020

Mature Forests Have Limited Ability to Absorb "Extra" Carbon

Research published today in Nature suggests mature forests are limited in their ability to absorb "extra" carbon as atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations increase. These findings may have implications for New York state's carbon neutrality goals.

9 Apr 2020

Study Sheds Light on the Impact of Clouds on Climate Change

New research published by NUI Galway's Centre for Climate & Air Pollution Studies has shone light on the impact of clouds on climate change.

9 Apr 2020

Climate Change Triggers Coral Bleaching Throughout Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef is suffering through its worst bleaching event. This is the third bleaching within the space of five years.

8 Apr 2020

Harnessing the Power of Plants for Cheaper Production of Biofuels

Biofuels are viewed as an integral part of the wider plan to substitute jet fuels as well as petroleum-based gasoline and diesel that are being used today.

7 Apr 2020

Practical Alternatives for the Chemical Industry to Achieve Climate Goals

The Federal Council in Switzerland has made a resolution to make the nation carbon-neutral by 2050.

7 Apr 2020

Climate Change to Impact Complex Food Webs in the Oceans

Global climate change will affect fish sizes in unpredictable ways and, consequently, impact complex food webs in our oceans, a new IMAS-led study has shown.

7 Apr 2020

Study Provides Vital Insight Into How the Ocean Responds to Climate Change

We're familiar with how climate change is impacting the ocean's biology, from bleaching events that cause coral die-offs to algae blooms that choke coastal marine ecosystems, but it's becoming clear that a warming planet is also impacting the physics of ocean circulation.

7 Apr 2020

Ocean's "Biological Carbon Pump" Found to be More Efficient Than Previously Estimated

Every spring in the Northern Hemisphere, the ocean surface erupts in a massive bloom of phytoplankton. Like plants, these single-celled floating organisms use photosynthesis to turn light into energy, consuming carbon dioxide and releasing oxygen in the process.

7 Apr 2020

Study Shows How Stream Pollutants from Mountaintop Mining Get Out of Water

Since the 1980s, a sprawling mountaintop removal mining complex in southern West Virginia has been leaching pollutants -- such as selenium -- into nearby streams at levels deemed unsafe for aquatic life.

7 Apr 2020

England's Protected Coasts Exposed to Litter in the Same Way as Unprotected Areas

Beaches in or near England's Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) have the same levels of litter as those in unprotected areas, new research shows.

7 Apr 2020

Methane can be Harvested by Deep-Sea Bacteria and Worms

Researchers at Caltech and Occidental College have identified a methane-fueled symbiosis that exists between bacteria and worms at the seafloor, offering new insights into the ecology of deep-sea environments.

6 Apr 2020

Research Highlights Vulnerability of Drylands to Severe Climate Change

A research team led by Washington State University has found that while drylands around the world will expand at an accelerated rate because of future climate change, their average productivity will likely be reduced.

6 Apr 2020

Study Sheds Light on the Role of Northern Peatlands in Regulating Climate

A Nordic study sheds new light on the role of northern peatlands in regulating the regional climate. According to the researchers, peatlands will remain carbon sinks until the end of this century, but their sink capacity will be substantially reduced after 2050, if the climate warms significantly.

6 Apr 2020