Read the full story from Imperial College London. By analysing 138 experiments, researchers have mapped the potential of today’s plants and trees to store extra
Category: Climate change
The East Coast is sinking under water—this photographer is documenting it as it disappears
Read the full story in Fast Company. As climate change pushes sea levels higher around the world, the water is rising especially fast along the East
Long-Term Macroeconomic Effects of Climate Change: A Cross-Country Analysis
Download the document. We study the long-term impact of climate change on economic activity across countries, using a stochastic growth model where labour productivity is
Global change is triggering an identity switch in grasslands
Read the full story from Smithsonian. Since the first Homo sapiens emerged in Africa roughly 300,000 years ago, grasslands have sustained humanity and thousands of
Compost key to sequestering carbon in the soil
Read the full story from the University of California-Davis. In a 19-year study, scientists dug roughly 6 feet down to compare soil carbon changes in
Fracking prompts global spike in atmospheric methane, study suggests
Read the full story from the European Geosciences Union. As methane concentrations increase in the Earth’s atmosphere, chemical fingerprints point to a probable source: shale
