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Smithsonian Scientists Reduce Uncertainty in Forest Carbon Storage Calculations
Investors who bet on tropical forest conservation and reforestation to solve global warming by storing carbon in wood face huge uncertainties because the science behind predicting carbon stocks is still shaky.
Researchers Rewind the Clock to Calculate Age and Site of Supernova Blast
Astronomers are winding back the clock on the expanding remains of a nearby, exploded star.
Study Looks at Land Acquisitions' Effect on Climate Change
In 2007, an increase in world food prices led to a global rush for land in the form of land grabs or large-scale land acquisitions.
As Big Energy Gains, Can Europe’s Community Renewables Compete?
In the old medieval market town of Heilbronn, perched on the Neckar River in southwestern Germany, the zeal of the city’s award-winning renewable energy cooperative is on display just about everywhere.
UCI Researchers: Climate Change Will Alter the Position of the Earth’s Tropical Rain Belt
Future climate change will cause a regionally uneven shifting of the tropical rain belt – a narrow band of heavy precipitation near the equator – according to researchers at the University of California, Irvine and other institutions.