Research News
The Research news feed includes stories about new climate change and energy research from research press releases, Nature Publishing Group, and ScienceDaily.
UC Santa Barbara scientist studies methane levels in cross-continent drive
(University of California - Santa Barbara) After taking a rented camper outfitted with special equipment to measure methane on a cross-continent drive, a UC Santa Barbara scientist has found that methane emissions across large parts of the US are higher than currently known, confirming what other more local studies have found.
Canada must addess real climate-change challenge
(University of Toronto) To reach Canada's goal of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to 17 per cent below the 2005 level by the year 2020, federal and provincial governments must reach agreement on what portion of the total GHG reduction will be provided by each province say researchers from the University of Toronto's School of the Environment.
Study reveals scientific consensus on anthropogenic climate change
(Institute of Physics) A comprehensive analysis of peer-reviewed articles on the topic of global warming and climate change has revealed an overwhelming consensus among scientists that recent warming is human-caused.
Cooling ocean temperature could buy more time for coral reefs
Limiting the amount of warming experienced by the world's oceans in the future could buy some time for tropical coral reefs, say researchers.
Scientists use crowd-sourcing to help map global carbon dioxide emissions
Climate science researchers from Arizona State University are launching a first-of-its-kind website to better understand and track greenhouse gas emissions from global power plants.
Sulfate aerosols cool climate less than assumed
(Max-Planck-Gesellschaft) The life span of cloud-forming sulfate particles in the air is shorter than assumed due to a sulfur dioxide oxidation pathway which has been neglected in climate models so far.
Saudi Arabia looks to NREL for solar monitoring expertise
(DOE/National Renewable Energy Laboratory) Saudi Arabia is planning to move aggressively into renewable energy, with plans to install more solar and wind power in the next 20 years than the rest of the world has installed to date.
LLNL and Cool Earth Solar receive $1.7 million for renewable energy demonstration project
(DOE/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) The California Energy Commission has awarded $1.7 million to a partnership between Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Cool Earth Solar Inc. to conduct a community-scale renewable energy integration demonstration project at the Livermore Valley Open Campus.
Scientists find extensive glacial retreat in Mount Everest region
Researchers taking a new look at the snow and ice covering Mount Everest and the national park that surrounds it are finding abundant evidence that the world's tallest peak is shedding its frozen cloak. The scientists have also been studying temperature and precipitation trends in the area and found that the Everest region has been warming while snowfall has been declining since the early 1990s.
Productivity increases with species diversity, just as Darwin predicted
Environments containing species that are distantly related to one another are more productive than those containing closely related species, according to new research.