Sediment cores taken from the Southern Ocean dating back 23 million years are providing insight into how ancient methane escaping from the seafloor could have led to regional or global climate and environmental changes, according ...
Earth Sciences
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Seagrasses cover shallow coastal regions of temperate and tropical seas worldwide. Seagrass meadows form the basis of an essential ecosystem that is home to numerous animals, including endangered species of sea turtles, seahorses, ...
Environment
Feb 14, 2022
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Like boxers whose punching power declines over their careers, greenhouse gasses lose their warming impact at different rates. So, to compare gasses' climate changing potential to the most common greenhouse gas—carbon dioxide—international ...
Environment
Feb 9, 2022
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Most people think about trash for 30 seconds a week—the amount of time it takes them to bring their garbage bin to the curb.
Environment
Feb 8, 2022
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The journal Science today released a groundbreaking study of methane ultra-emitters linked to oil and gas activities that for the first time provides a statistical characterisation of these major drivers of climate change ...
Environment
Feb 3, 2022
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A new study from North Carolina State University shows that methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is largely generated in the soils below standing dead trees in so-called ghost forests, or coastal forests that are being killed ...
Ecology
Feb 2, 2022
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Gas stoves are contributing more to global warming than previously thought because of constant tiny methane leaks while they're off, a new study found.
Environment
Jan 29, 2022
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Methane recently reached 1,900 parts per billion (ppb) of Earth's atmosphere according to measurements taken by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the US. This compares with about 700 ppb before ...
Environment
Jan 27, 2022
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Humans have cooked with fire for millennia, but it may be time for a change. Natural gas appliances warm the planet in two ways: generating carbon dioxide by burning natural gas as a fuel and leaking unburned methane into ...
Environment
Jan 27, 2022
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The release of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas responsible for almost a quarter of global warming, is being studied around the world, from Arctic wetlands to livestock feedlots. A University of Washington team has discovered ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 19, 2022
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