Earth system models underestimate carbon fixation by plants in the high latitudes

From Nature Communications. Abstract Most Earth system models agree that land will continue to store carbon due to the physiological effects of rising CO2 concentration and climatic changes favoring plant…

Simplest climate model yet – a bathtub

Climate change: How could artificial photosynthesis contribute to limiting global warming? Scientists calculate areas needed for forestation and artificial photosynthesis After several years during which global emissions at least stagnated,…

The second largest whale in the world slows the build-up of CO2 in the sea

From EurekAlert! Public Release: 19-Dec-2018 The second largest whale in the world slows the build-up of CO2 in the sea The rise in the population of these animals off the…

Carbon handprint:

From EurekAlert! Public Release: 19-Dec-2018 New environmental indicator for evaluating the positive climate impacts of products VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland VTT and LUT University alongside with Finnish companies…

NASA-MIT study evaluates efficiency of oceans as heat sink, atmospheric gases sponge

Feature | June 13, 2017 From NASA NASA-MIT study evaluates efficiency of oceans as heat sink, atmospheric gases sponge   Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. By Ellen Gray, NASA’s…