Fossil Fuel Emissions, Organic Carbon and Alaska’s Glaciers
While studying climate change and trying to decipher the carbon cycle puzzle, researchers have been studying the source and amount of carbon flowing into the…
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Deep Sea Worms Eat Archaea, May Play a Role in Greenhouse Gas Cycle
Scientists may have just found another step in the greenhouse gas cycle as they discovered the first animal known to consume Archaea, which is a…
The Role of Climate Change in Chemical Weathering of Rocks
The chemical weathering process of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere dissolving in rainwater to form carbonic acid, which dissolves rocks and then flows into the…
NASA Study Reveals Multi-Year Ice Declining Faster than Perennial Ice that Surrounds It
Research complied from NASA’s Nimbus-7 satellite and the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Meteorological Satellite Program by senior research scientist Josefino Comiso shows how multi-year…
Researchers Develop a Computational Tool for Identifying Carbon Capture Technologies
Researchers continue to search for ways to filter out the CO2 generated by coal-burning power plants before it reaches the atmosphere, a process commonly known…
Researchers Clarify Recycling Mechanism for Hydroxyl Radicals
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute have now clarified exactly how hydroxyl radicals, which oxidize volatile organic compounds such as methane and isoprene, are recycled…
New Research Shows Southern Ocean as a Powerful Influence on Climate Change
Researchers at MIT and Florida State University found evidence that the missing piece in the model of world’s oceans circulation of heat, water and carbon…
Earth’s Clouds are Getting Lower, May be in Response to Global Warming
Researchers analyzed NASA satellite data from 2000 – 2010 and found that the global average cloud height declined by around one percent over the decade,…
Research Shows Roughly 150 Billion Tons of Ice Lost Annually
Recent research from the University of Colorado Boulder, in a joint effort with NASA, shows that regions of Greenland and Antarctica are shedding roughly 148…
Warming Ocean Temperatures May Reduce the Survival Rate of Elephant Seals
Researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association are studying how warmer ocean water is affecting the diet…
Researchers Study the Link Between Gas Hydrates and Climate Warming
Recent research indicates that gas hydrate deposits should remain stable for a few thousand years and of those that become unstable, very few are likely…
NASA’s GISS Releases Data Showing 2011 was Ninth-Warmest Year on Record
2011 proved to be another warm year for the average global temperature. NASA scientists stated that 2011 was the ninth warmest year since 1880 and…
Criegee Intermediate Reactions Detected and Measured by Sandia Researchers
New research shows that Criegee intermediates react with sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide much more rapidly than previously thought. Because Criegee intermediates oxidize sulfur dioxide…
Criegee Biradicals May Cool Planet and Offset Global Warming
According to a new paper, Criegee biradicals can clean up the atmosphere naturally by reacting with pollutants produced by combustion, such as nitrogen dioxide and…
Asia’s Coal Use Up 500% Since 1980
Whether global warming is really occurring or these temperatures are cyclical, it’s best to keep coal use down as it is terrible for the environment….
Methane Released from Arctic Ocean Could Cause Climate Change
Score another point for global warming because changing conditions in the Arctic Ocean could have a drastic effect on the climate. Russian scientists have discovered…
Greenland Loses 100 Billion Tons of Ice
Global warming, or just an unusually warm summer? You be the judge as Greenland loses 100 billion tons of ice in 2010. Southern Greenland has…