Geologic evidence is the forerunner of ominous prospects for a warming earth
While strong seasonal hurricanes have devastated many of the Caribbean and Bahamian islands this year, geologic studies on several of these islands illustrate that...
Carbon dioxide levels lower than thought during super greenhouse period
Researchers adds to the understanding of Earth's historic hyperthermal events to help explain the planet's current warming trend.
Enzymes at work: Breaking down stubborn cellulose for biofuels
Researchers have observed enzymes breaking down cellulose to aid the production of biofuels.
Study reveals need for better modeling of weather systems for climate prediction
A team of researchers discovered persistent dry and warm biases in the central U.S. that was caused by poor modeling of atmospheric convective systems....
New threat to the ozone layer
'Ozone depletion is a well-known phenomenon and, thanks to the success of the Montreal Protocol, is widely perceived as a problem solved,' say some....
Herbivores help protect ecosystems from climate change
Plant-eating critters are the key ingredient to helping ecosystems survive global warming, finds new research that offers some hope for a defense strategy against...
Bio-methane transforms from landfill waste to energy source
Most manure just sits around. Anaerobic digesters take those piles and place them in large covered tanks and convert waste into an energy source....
New conservation method empowers indigenous peoples
Environmental social scientists worked with indigenous people in the rural Peruvian Amazon and determined that local people meet their basic needs through diverse subsistence...
Doubt cast on warming implications of brown carbon aerosol from wildfires
As devastating wildfires rage in California wine country, a team of environmental engineers have made a new discovery about wildfire smoke, and its effect...
Risk of tsunamis in Mediterranean Sea has been overstated, say experts
A review of geological evidence for tsunamis during the past 4500 years in the Mediterranean Sea has revealed that as many as 90 per...
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