Wetlands across the globe are in danger of drowning from rising seas. But for decades, scientists held out hope that another aspect of climate change—rising carbon dioxide (CO2)—could trigger extra plant growth, enabling ...
Environment
May 18, 2022
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Methane is a far more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, and it has a pronounced effect within first two decades of its presence in the atmosphere. In the recent international climate negotiations in Glasgow, abatement ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 10, 2022
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The oceans are the planet's most important depository for atmospheric carbon dioxide on time scales of decades to millenia. But the process of locking away greenhouse gas is weakened by activity of the Southern Ocean, so ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 30, 2018
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MIT researchers have developed a new system that could potentially be used for converting power plant emissions of carbon dioxide into useful fuels for cars, trucks, and planes, as well as into chemical feedstocks for a wide ...
Materials Science
Nov 27, 2017
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Variations in the amount of oxygen in Earth's atmosphere significantly altered global climate throughout the planet's history. Efforts to reconstruct past climates must include this previously overlooked factor, a new University ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 11, 2015
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The impact of the greenhouse gas CO2 on the Earth's temperature is well established by climate models and temperature records over the past 100 years, as well as coupled records of carbon dioxide concentration and temperature ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 29, 2014
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Using a new laboratory technique to analyze fossil snail shells, scientists have gained insights into an abrupt climate shift that transformed the planet nearly 34 million years ago.
Earth Sciences
Apr 22, 2013
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El Niño is a term derived from Spanish to describe a natural phenomenon marked by higher-than-average sea surface temperatures in the tropical Eastern Pacific. The convective Extreme El Niño denotes events with daily rainfall ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 20, 2023
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For the first time, researchers have spotted short-term, regional fluctuations in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) around the globe due to emissions from human activities.
Planetary Sciences
Apr 1, 2022
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Diatoms are tiny unicellular plants—no bigger than half a millimeter—which inhabit the surface water of the world's oceans where sunlight penetration is plenty. Despite their modest size, they are one of the world's most ...
Environment
May 3, 2021
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