Hydrocarbon Drilling Impacts Aquatic Life
According to new research published in November in the open-access journal PLOS ONE, Joshua Thienpont and colleagues at Queen's University discovered that drilling sumps...
Climate-Induced Soil Nutrient Decrease to Threaten Global Food Production, Study
Nutrients in soils are one of the most essential components that determine land productivity and consequently availability of food resources.
The balance between these components,...
Climate Change Geoengineers Pretty Much Free to Do As They Please
Addressing climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions could probably be referred to as a passive step in the right direction, but geoengineers want...
Can Coal-Burning Plants Burn Wood to Reduce CO2 Emissions?
Coal-burning adds to carbon dioxide emissions at an astonishing rate, releasing carbon dioxide that was sequestered millions of years ago.
Coal-burning also releases a lot...
Climate Change a Positive for Grizzly Bears
There are many species that will be negatively affected by Climate Change. However, grizzly bears might be at an advantage.
A 10-year study that...
Study Reveals Arctic Temperatures Are at Their Highest in 44,000 Years
There have been many studies highlighting the warming of the arctic. But how does this relate to humans and how grave is the...
2012 Saw Less Energy Consumption and Less Carbon Dioxide Emissions in the U.S.
The United States emitted less carbon dioxide in energy consumption in 2012. Though this doesn’t mean the U.S. is in the clear, it...
Climate Change Action Hampered by Shortsightedness, Schelling Was Right
Our ability to make decisions today, such as addressing climate change, for a future that we may not even live to see, better conditions...
Fox News Battles Imaginary Global Warming Bias with Actual Global Warming Bias
It’s no wonder that getting people to believe that global warming is a bona fide phenomenon, let alone getting them to take action to...
Privatizing Oceans May Keep Them Safe
A panel of esteemed scientists from the World Bank's Global Partnership for Oceans has called for part privatization of oceans in an attempt to...
