Global Climate Change


Can Biochar Help Suppress Greenhouse Gases

Biochar is potentially a mitigation option for reducing the world's elevated carbon dioxide emissions, since the embodied carbon can be sequestered in the soil.

China's Solution to Global Energy Crisis: Solar Greenhouses

New innovations in greenhouse design are allowing growers to produce more varieties of vegetables, even during long winter months

RGGI CO2 Auction Yields $83M for Energy, Job Investments

Member states are investing proceeds from the RGGI auctions, now more than $860.9 million, in programs to save energy consumers money, create jobs and make businesses more competitive.

Commercial Building Owners Need Access to Financing for Energy Savings Projects

C. David Myers, president of Johnson Controls Building Efficiency, told state leaders that building efficiency projects, which provide guaranteed energy and budget savings, can be achieved with no upfront cost to a government facility.

GHG Reports Now Due Sept. 30

Affected companies should register with e-GGRT by Aug. 1 and then will have another month before submitting greenhouse gas emissions data.

Researchers say plants are reacting to different levels of carbon dioxide.

Plants Releasing Less Water Due to Rising CO2, Study Says

Researcher says that the increase in carbon dioxide by about 100 parts per million has had a profound effect on the number of stomata and, to a lesser extent, the size of the stomata.

A new technique measures methane gas emissions without disturbing the herd.

Researchers Use Open-path Lasers to Help Measure Methane from Herds

Technique said to be a "significant advancement" for determining greenhouse gas emissions from cattle.

Dow to Invest $100M to Reduce Energy Use, GHG Emissions

Dow business units have submitted around 60 projects, with a net present value totaling more than $500 million, nearly 8 trillion BTUs of energy savings and a reduction of more than 400 thousand metric tons of CO2 emissions.



NASA's Glory Mission Experienced Rocket Failure

NASA's Glory mission ended Friday after the spacecraft failed to reach orbit following its launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

EPA Extends GHG Reporting Deadline; Online Platform Not Ready Yet

The agency said it expects to have the reporting tool available by this summer.

Earth Hour and Girl Scouts Team Up to Honor the Planet

Earth Hour and Girls Scouts of the USA are collaborating to increase environmental education, awareness, and action.

Reefs at Risk Revisited

75% of Coral Reefs Threatened, Analysis Finds

The report's authors make multiple recommendations to better protect and manage reefs, including through marine protected areas.

Ceres is offering a free report on disclosing climate risks.

Ceres Tackles Climate Risk Disclosure in New Report

March 31 is the deadline for 10-K financial filings, which this year should include climate-related disclosures, based on the Securities and Exchange Commissions' guidance.

Environmental Implications of Sugarcane Bioethanol

An article in the current issue of Global Change Biology Bioenergy assessed the net greenhouse gas savings of bioethanol from sugarcane as compared to the use of fossil fuels.

Clean Fuel Worsens Climate Impacts for Some Vehicle Engines

A pioneering program by one of the world's largest cities to switch its vehicle fleet to clean fuel has not significantly improved harmful vehicle emissions in more than 5,000 vehicles – and worsened some vehicles' climate impacts.

Land Use Affects the Composition of the Atmosphere

Tropical deforestation not only has a large impact on the carbon cycle and climate, but also affects the chemistry of the atmosphere.

Dust Storm

Study Projects Drier Conditions Will Accelerate Dust Storms in the Southwest

Drier conditions projected to result from climate change in the Southwest will likely reduce perennial vegetation cover and result in increased dust storm activity in the future, according to a new study by scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey and the University of California, Los Angeles.

Review: No Evidence that NOAA Climate Scientists Mishandled Information

The Department of Commerce's Inspector General provided an independent review on how the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reacted to the leak of e-mail messages from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia.

Researcher: Consider Rivers’ Carbon Dioxide Output in Climate Change Models

Freshwater ecologist Dr. Tom Battin, of the University of Vienna, told a COST ESF Frontiers of Science conference in October that our understanding of how rivers and streams deal with organic carbon has changed radically.

Can Marine Life Adapt to Global Change?

A team of researchers have conducted an exciting new study looking into the potential effect of climate change on marine life, and how marine animals may be able to adapt to future environmental scenarios.