Methane Leaking in Utah Suggests Higher National Rate (via Climate Central)By Andrew Freedman Follow @afreedma A new study of the air above a natural gas field in Utah suggests that far more methane gas may be escaping into the atmosphere from drilling operations than previously estimated. The study, to be published in the…
The report finds that in addition to rapid and deep reductions in greenhouse emissions, CO₂ removal is “an essential element of scenarios that limit warming to 1.5℃ or likely below 2℃ by 2100”.
If a warming world becomes a drier one, how will the green things respond? Not well, according to a new prediction.
Since the 18th century, humans have been taking fossil fuels out of their safe storage deep underground and burning them to generate electricity or power machinery.
A “super full moon” is coming, and coastal cities like Miami know that means one thing: a heightened risk of tidal flooding.
How do you safely store spent nuclear waste? No-one knows. It’ll be a costly headache for our descendants.
Our moana (ocean) is in a state of unprecedented ecological crisis. Multiple, cumulative impacts include pollution, sedimentation, overfishing, drilling and climate change. All affect the...