Using light instead of heat, Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers found a way to release carbon dioxide from a solvent used in direct air capture to trap this greenhouse gas.
Tag: Global Climate Change
Arctic temperatures are increasing four times faster than global warming
A new analysis of observed temperatures shows the Arctic is heating up more than four times faster than the rate of global warming. The trend has stepped upward steeply twice in the last 50 years, a finding missed by all but four of 39 climate models.
Climate change will force big shift in timing, amount of snowmelt across Colorado River Basin
New research predicts that changes in mountain snowmelt will shift peak streamflows to much earlier in the year for the vast Colorado River Basin, altering reservoir management and irrigation across the entire region.
Environmental policy expert explores the promise of forests to alleviate poverty
Notre Dame’s Daniel C. Miller and his colleagues highlight the uneven distribution of the harmful effects that deforestation has on local people who rely on forests.
UAlbany Researchers Launch New Tool to Visualize Global Climate Change
The three-part tool offers an interactive way to view up to two millennium’s worth of paleoclimate data around the globe.