The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is underestimating methane emissions from oil and gas production in its annual Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks, according to new research from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS).
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Climate Change Significantly Increases Population Displacement Risk
Every year, millions of people around the world are displaced from their homes due to severe weather caused by climate change.
Indigenous Lands Contain Nearly Half of the Amazon’s Intact Forest
A comprehensive United Nations study says that 45 percent of the intact forests in the Amazon are in Indigenous territories, comprising an area that sequesters more carbon than all the tropical forests in either Indonesia or the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Gray’s Beaked Whales 'Resilient' to Ecosystem Changes
Gray’s beaked whales living in the deep oceans of the Southern Hemisphere are rarely seen alive and their ecology has remained a mystery to scientists until now.
Intensity of Tropical Cyclones Is Probably Increasing Due to Climate Change
Many tropical cyclone-prone regions of the world are expected to experience storm systems of greater intensity over the coming century, according to a review of research published today in ScienceBrief Review.
The Persistent Danger After Landscape Fires
Every year, an estimated four percent of the world's vegetated land surface burns, leaving more than 250 megatons of carbonized plants behind.
