More Emissions Expected From Oil Refineries in the Near-Term Future
A global inventory has revealed that CO2 emissions from oil refineries were 1.3 Gigatonnes (Gt) in 2018 and could be as large as 16.5 Gt…
Greenhouse Gas News
“Blue” Hydrogen Is Supposed To Be Clean Energy, but May Actually Be Worse Than Gas and Coal
“Blue” hydrogen – an energy source that involves a process for making hydrogen by using methane in natural gas – is being lauded by many…
New Feedback Loops: Climate Change Will Transform Cooling Effects of Volcanic Eruptions
Researchers have shown that human-caused climate change will have important consequences for how volcanic gases interact with the atmosphere. The researchers, from the University of…
New Research Shows Just 25 Mega-Cities Produce 52% of the World’s Urban Greenhouse Gas Emissions
New research published by the open access publisher Frontiers inventories greenhouse gas emissions of 167 globally distributed cities. The study shows that just 25 mega-cities…
Laser “Comb” Systems Now Measure All Primary Greenhouse Gases in the Air
Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have upgraded their laser frequency-comb instrument to simultaneously measure three airborne greenhouse gases — nitrous…
“Agricomb” Measures Gas Emissions From … Cows
After the optical frequency comb made its debut as a ruler for light, spinoffs followed, including the astrocomb to measure starlight and a radar-like comb…
Rising Greenhouse Gases Pose Climate Change Threat to Arctic Ozone Layer
New research shows climate change is increasing ozone depletion over the Arctic. There is a high-takes race going on high in the atmosphere above the…
2021 Global Change Outlook: Why the Earth Needs a Course Correction Now
2021 Global Change Outlook from the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change shows how more aggressive policies can sharply reduce…
Green and Economical: Underground Storage of Carbon Captured Directly From Air
New study shows that geological storage of low-purity carbon dioxide mixed with oxygen and nitrogen from direct air capture is an environmentally friendly and economically…
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…
Inactive Oil Wells May Be a Big Source of Methane Emissions
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 Permafrost Thawed 400,000 Years Ago, When Temperatures Were Not Much Higher Than Today
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…
NASA-Built Carbon Mapper Instrument Will Help to Spot Greenhouse Gas Super-Emitters
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…
Seaweed Supplements Significantly Reduce Livestock Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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…
Feeding Cattle a Bit of Seaweed Reduces Their Greenhouse Gas Emissions 82%
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…
International Research Team Begins Uncovering Mystery Lurking Beneath the Arctic Ocean
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…
How to Reduce Greenhouse Gas? Tips From Methane-Eating Microbes
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,…
Urban Greenery Contributes More to Greenhouse Gas Emissions Than Researchers Anticipated
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….
