While the pressures of climate change bring a sense of urgency to renewable energy development, a new study serves as a roadmap toward uniting the goals of a low-carbon future with that of ecological sustainability and conservation.
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Ice Sheet Uncertainties Could Mean Sea Level Will Rise More Than Predicted
Its authors say understanding the way strong global heating affects polar ice sheets will be crucial to projecting sea level rise over the next century.
Land Ecosystems Are Becoming Less Efficient at Absorbing CO2
Land ecosystems currently play a key role in mitigating climate change.
NYS Can Achieve 2050 Carbon Goals With Earth’s Help
By delving into scientific, technological, environmental and economic data, Cornell Engineering researchers have examined whether New York could achieve a statewide carbon-free economy by 2050.
NASA Finds What a Glacier’s Slope Reveals About Greenland Ice Sheet Thinning
As glaciers flow outward from the Greenland Ice Sheet, what lies beneath them offers clues to their role in future ice thinning and sea-level rise contribution.
Recently Discovered Comet Seen During 2020 Total Solar Eclipse
As Chile and Argentina witnessed the total solar eclipse on Dec. 14, 2020, unbeknownst to skywatchers, a little tiny speck was flying past the Sun — a recently discovered comet.


