Apr 29, 2015 by News Staff

According to a new study in the journal Chemical Communications, alkaline hydrothermal vents on the seabed are able to produce simple carbon-based molecules,...

Apr 17, 2015 by News Staff

A team of researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and the Kavli Energy NanoSciences Institute,...

Apr 9, 2015 by News Staff

Thawing permafrost in the Artic and sub-Arctic regions will likely produce a gradual and prolonged release of large quantities of greenhouse gases spanning...

Feb 26, 2015 by News Staff

Using spectroscopic instruments operated by the U.S. DoE’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Climate Research Facility, scientists have directly observed...

Feb 11, 2015 by News Staff

There is no substitute for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions to mitigate the negative consequences of climate change, the National Research Council’s...

Dec 26, 2014 by News Staff

NASA’s spacecraft orbiting Mars has snapped wintry-looking pictures of the planet’s surface, showing the slopes of an impact crater dusted with...

Dec 3, 2014 by News Staff

Scientists using the High Resolution Stereo Camera aboard ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft have captured a stunning new image of Hellas Chaos, a large region...

Nov 21, 2014 by News Staff

Crop production may generate up to a quarter of the increase in the seasonal cycle of atmospheric carbon dioxide, with corn playing a leading role, according...

Nov 19, 2014 by News Staff

A new computer model called GEOS-5 has provided a high-resolution look at how carbon dioxide (CO2) – the key driver of global warming – moves...

Jan 16, 2014 by News Staff

According to an international group of scientists led by Dr Nate Stephenson of the US Geological Survey, most of tropical and temperate tree species grow...

Nov 6, 2013 by News Staff

A new study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences correlates 93 small earthquakes near Snyder, Texas between 2009...

Jul 9, 2013 by News Staff

According to new research reported in the Geophysical Research Letters, increased levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) over the past three decades have caused...

Apr 6, 2012 by James Freeman

A team of scientists has established a clear cause-and-effect relationship between rising levels of carbon dioxide and global warming that ended the last...