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- The environmental benefits of taller, shrubbier tundra plants in the Arctic may be overstated, according to new research involving the University of Stirling.
- A carbon sink shrinks in the arctic Wed, 17 Jun 20, 3:00amUD researchers show Canada Basin’s diminished capacity to absorb carbon dioxide University of Delaware New research by University of Delaware doctoral student Zhangxian Ouyang and oceanographer Wei-Jun Cai, and an international...
- Ocean uptake of CO2 could drop as carbon emissions are cut Thu, 4 Jun 20, 3:00pmShrinkage due to COVID-19 may provide case in point Earth Institute at Columbia UniversityShare Print E-Mail Volcanic eruptions and human-caused changes to the atmosphere strongly influence the rate at which the...
- Sugar turns brown algae into good carbon stores Fri, 29 May 20, 7:00pmOnly highly specialized bacteria can carry out the degradation of brown algae with the help of more than hundred enzymes Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology You may like them or not, but almost everyone knows them:...
- Tiny plankton drive processes in the ocean that capture twice as much carbon as scientists thought Mon, 25 May 20, 11:00pmKen Buesseler, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea The ocean plays a major role in the global carbon cycle. The driving force comes from tiny...
- Australia Enrages Activists, Embraces “Technology Neutral” Carbon Credits Fri, 22 May 20, 7:00amGuest essay by Eric Worrall Looks like Planet of the Humans might be having an impact on policy; The Australian Government has broadened the scope of activities which can qualify for carbon credits, diverting cash away from...
- £800k study to look at link between fire and climate change Wed, 13 May 20, 3:00amGuest essay by Eric Worrall University of Stirling researchers have received a £800K grant to study what proportion of carbon captured by soil is from partially burned plants...
- On Mars or Earth, biohybrid can turn carbon dioxide into new products Wed, 1 Apr 20, 4:00pmBacteria on nanowires convert sunlight, carbon dioxide and water to organic building blocks University of California – Berkeley If humans ever hope to colonize Mars, the settlers will need to manufacture on-planet a...
- Canadas first net-zero carbon, mass-timber college building to rise in Toronto Wed, 4 Mar 20, 2:30amThe Centennial College in Toronto will soon make history with the addition of Canada’s first net-zero carbon, mass timber college building. Designed in collaboration with construction services company EllisDon as well as...
- Sugar ants’ preference for pee may reduce greenhouse gas emissions Fri, 7 Feb 20, 5:00pmNews Release 6-Feb-2020 University of South Australia Sugar ants mining urine in sand on Kangaroo Island Credit UniSA / Sophie Petit An unlikely penchant for pee is putting a common sugar ant on the map, as new research from...
- Nature Has Been Removing Excess CO2 4X Faster than IPCC Models Thu, 6 Feb 20, 5:00amReposted from Dr. Roy Spencer’s Blog February 5th, 2020 by Roy W. Spencer, Ph. D. Note: What I present below is scarcely believable to me. I have looked for an error in my analysis, but cannot find one. Nevertheless, extraordinary...
- Fungal decisions can affect climate Fri, 31 Jan 20, 9:00pmAmerican Society of Agronomy Fungi play an important role in the ecosystem by decomposing plant and animal debris into nutrients and simpler compounds...
- Negative CO2 Emissions Fri, 24 Jan 20, 9:00pmby Kevin Kilty An article in the January 2020 Issue of Physics Today (1) presents an interesting and very readable overview of methods to capture and store away CO2 emissions...
- Carbon Sequestration Sat, 11 Jan 20, 5:00pmGuest post by Rud Istvan, As most WUWT readers know, the issue of carbon sequestration is an important but largely IPCC undiscussed ‘anthropogenic global warming’ question...
- E. coli bacteria engineered to eat carbon dioxide Sat, 30 Nov 19, 9:00pmWhat could go wrong? ~cr From Nature Feat could turn bacteria into biological factories for energy and even food. The bacterium Escherichia coli has been engineered to grow by consuming carbon dioxide.Credit: Steve Gschmeissner/SPL...