Flaring Allows More Methane Into The Atmosphere Than We Thought
Oil and gas producers rely on flaring to limit the venting of natural gas from their facilities, but new research
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Observations Confirm Model Predictions Of Sea-Level Change From Greenland Melt
Rising sea levels from melting glaciers and ice sheets pose an increasing threat to coastal communities worldwide. A new analysis
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Link Found Between Fast-Melting Arctic Ice And Ocean Acidification
An international team of researchers have sounded new alarm bells about the changing chemistry of the western region of the Arctic Ocean
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Researchers Find Bitcoin Mining Is Environmentally Unsustainable
Taken as a share of the market price, the climate change impacts of mining the digital cryptocurrency Bitcoin is more
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Study Shows How Turtles Fared Decade After Oil Spill
Twelve years after an oil spill coated nearly 35 miles of the Kalamazoo River, new research at The University of
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Climate Change Is Turning Trees Into Gluttons
Trees have long been known to buffer humans from the worst effects of climate change by pulling carbon dioxide from
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Identified Genes Potentially Responsible For Sugarcane’s Resistance To Pests, Cold And Drought
A study conducted at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in Brazil identified orphan genes in Wild sugarcane, Saccharum spontaneum, a
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Catalytic Process With Lignin Could Enable 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel
An underutilized natural resource could be just what the airline industry needs to curb carbon emissions. Researchers at three institutions—the
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New Research Can Help Electric Utilities Account For Climate Change
Researchers have devised a method to determine the impact of climate change on the supply and variability of local renewable
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Invasive Stink Bug Habitat Could Expand Greatly With Climate Change
A foul-smelling, voracious, wide-spread pest could become even more ubiquitous with climate change. A recent modelling study found that changing
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