Earth bears many signs of human influence, from warming that exceeds pre-industrial temperatures to a rising sea.
Emissions Cause Delay in Rainfall
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As Climate Warms, a Rearrangement of World’s Plant Life Looms
Some 56 million years ago, just after the Paleocene epoch gave way to the Eocene, the world suddenly warmed.
Ethane Proxies for Methane in Oil and Gas Emissions
Measuring ethane in the atmosphere shows that the amounts of methane going into the atmosphere from oil and gas wells and contributing to greenhouse warming is higher than suggested by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, according to an international team of scientists who spent three years flying over three areas of the U.S. during all four seasons.
Amid Troubles for Fossil Fuels, Has the Era of ‘Peak Oil’ Arrived?
May was arguably the worst month ever for big oil — and the best for its opponents — as courts and corporate shareholders sided with environmental activists to humble the biggest of the fossil-fuel giants, culminating in “Black Wednesday.”
Are Zebra Mussels Eating or Helping Toxic Algae?
While invasive zebra mussels consume small plant-like organisms called phytoplankton, Michigan State University researchers discovered during a long-term study that zebra mussels can actually increase Microcystis, a type of phytoplankton known as “blue-green algae” or cyanobacteria, that forms harmful floating blooms.
Russian Forests are Crucial to Global Climate Mitigation
Russia is the world’s largest forest country. Being home to more than a fifth of forests globally, the country’s forests and forestry have enormous potential to contribute to making a global impact in terms of climate mitigation.
