Hydropower Can Help States Afford to Meet Net-Zero Emissions Targets by 2050
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts recently passed a climate bill that sets a target of net-zero emissions for the state by the year 2050. The bill…
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts recently passed a climate bill that sets a target of net-zero emissions for the state by the year 2050. The bill…
Geologist studies greenhouse gas emissions from uncapped, idle wells in Texas. Uncapped, idle oil wells could be leaking millions of kilograms of methane each year…
Cave deposits reveal Pleistocene permafrost thaw, absent predicted levels of CO2 release. The vast frozen terrain of Arctic permafrost thawed several times in North America…
The tool will help people, including resource managers and other officials, to address increasing concentrations of methane and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. NASA’s Jet…
Beef cattle fed red algae showed reductions in methane emissions of over 50 percent without affecting meat quality. Livestock farming is a major source of…
New long-term study could mean more sustainable burgers. A bit of seaweed in cattle feed could reduce methane emissions from beef cattle as much as…
New study on submarine permafrost suggests locked greenhouse gases are emerging. Something lurks beneath the Arctic Ocean. While it’s not a monster, it has largely…
Advanced X-ray techniques yield insights into a bacterial enzyme that turns methane gas into liquid fuel. Scientists have determined the structure of a unique enzyme,…
A new study tracing the sources of carbon dioxide, the most significant human-generated greenhouse gas, reveals the unexpectedly large influence of vegetation in urban environments….
High tides may even counter the potential threat of submarine methane release from the warming Arctic. It may not be very well known, but the…
MIT researchers develop novel EV emissions model to quantify importance of vehicle charging patterns and impact of ambient temperature on EV emissions levels. Transportation-related emissions…
New research suggests slow but substantial greenhouse gas release from subsea permafrost. In the far north, the swelling Arctic Ocean inundated vast swaths of coastal…
Researchers in I2CNER, Kyushu University suggest the potential of the advanced gas separation membranes for CO2 extraction from ambient air. Climate change caused by emissions…
Electrically switchable system could continuously separate gases without the need for moving parts or wasted space. A new system developed by chemical engineers at MIT…
MIT’s Yogesh Surendranath wants to decarbonize our energy systems: By developing novel electrochemical reactions, he hopes to find new ways to generate energy and reduce…
An international effort that brought together more than 60 ice, ocean and atmosphere scientists from three dozen international institutions has generated new estimates of how…
As need for cooling rises in step with world temperatures, energy-efficient, climate-friendly appliances are critical to reaching Paris Agreement goals; 3.6 billion appliances in use…
The pandemic has tugged carbon emissions down, temporarily. But levels of the powerful heat-trapping gas methane continue to climb, dragging the world further away from…