Environment

Methane Emissions from Oil and Gas May Be Significantly Underestimated

Estimates of methane coming from natural sources have been too high, shifting the burden to human activities

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Categories: Environment/Ecology

Colorado River Is in Danger of a Parched Future

The river is due to lose up to 31 percent of its flow by midcentury—an alarming trend that could affect 40 million people

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Categories: Environment/Ecology

Can India Save the Warming Planet?

Energy decisions that India makes in the next few years could profoundly affect how hot the planet becomes this century

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Categories: Business/Industry/Energy · Environment/Ecology

Solar and Wind Power Could Ignite a Hydrogen Energy Comeback

Hydrogen, produced from water by surplus electricity, could power industry and the grid

Fetched 2 days ago from Scientific American (USA)
Categories: Business/Industry/Energy/Electric Power · Environment/Ecology

NRL researchers monitor changing Arctic using sound

NRL scientists developed Ice-tethered Acoustic Buoys to monitor the acoustic and oceanographic environment in the changing Arctic.

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Fetched 3 days ago from EurekAlert! - Oceanography (USA)
Categories: Environment/Oceanology

We Need an International Center for Climate Modeling

The science community must join forces to provide the most accurate long-term predictions and make their results publicly accessible

Fetched 2 months ago from Scientific American (USA)
Categories: Environment/Climate

Correcting The Record On Why The WWF Changed Its Name To WWE

On Sunday, WWE unveiled the first episode of its new limited documentary series on WWE Network, Ruthless Aggression, covering the early to mid-2000s in the company. In the process, they told a massive whopper about why the company changed its name from WWF to WWE in 2002.

Fetched 5 days ago from Forbes Real Time (USA)
Categories: Environment/Ecology

Earlier leaf-out warms air in the north

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 17 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-0713-4 Climate change has led to earlier spring leaf-out in northern temperate and boreal regions. This advanced leaf-out causes warming in the Northern Hemisphere due to the combined effects of water vapour, cloud and snow-albedo feedbacks on the surface energy budget.

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Categories: Environment/Climate

Climate effects of aerosols reduce economic inequality

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 17 February 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-0699-y Anthropogenic aerosols mask some greenhouse warming via radiation scattering and cloud interactions. Research suggests the economic impact of this aerosol-induced cooling was small globally, although it benefitted developing countries in warm climates and harmed high-latitude developed countries.

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Categories: Environment/Climate

Urban Heat Islands Mean Warming Will Be Worse in Cities

The effect needs to be factored into adaptation strategies, which will differ from city to city

Fetched 3 months ago from Scientific American (USA)
Categories: Environment/Climate