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Jun

2018

Path to zero emissions starts out easy, but gets steep

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC—Carbon dioxide emissions from human activities must approach zero within several decades to avoid risking grave damage from the effects of climate change. This will require creativity ...

Jun

2018

Flying laboratory wins $250,000 to map health of Hawaii’s coral reefs

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC— Carnegie’s Greg Asner advanced through a venture capital-style pitch group challenge to win a $250,000 grant from Battery Powered that will enable his flying laboratory team to map ...

Jun

2018

Partnership to Develop First-Ever Global and Dynamic Map of Coral Reefs

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC— Carnegie scientist Greg Asner and his Reefscape Project play a crucial role in a new partnership that’s responding to the crisis facing the world’s coral reefs and the need for global ...

Mar

2018

Priorities for managing protected areas are crucial for Bornean elephants

By Carnegie HQ

Sabah, Malaysia —Degraded forests play a crucial role in the future survival of Bornean elephants. A new study, published in the journal Biological Conservation , finds that forests of surprisingly ...

Mar

2018

Coral reef experiment shows acidification from carbon dioxide slows growth

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC — Ocean acidification will severely impair coral reef growth before the end of the century if carbon dioxide emissions continue unchecked, according to new research on Australia’s ...

Feb

2018

Wind and solar could meet most but not all U.S. electricity needs

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC —Wind and solar power could generate most but not all electricity in the United States, according to an analysis of 36 years of weather data by Carnegie’s Ken Caldeira, and three ...

Jan

2018

Huge geophysical potential for open ocean wind farms in the North Atlantic

By Jessamy Barker

There is considerable opportunity for generating wind power in the open ocean, particularly the North Atlantic, according to new research from Carnegie’s Anna Possner and Ken Caldeira. Their work is published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Jan

2018

Greater future global warming inferred from Earth’s recent energy budget

By Jessamy Barker

Graph comparing the raw and observationally-informed climate model projections from Brown and Caldeira (2017, Nature)

The climate models that project greater amounts of warming this century are the ones that best align with observations of the current climate, according to a new paper from Carnegie’s Patrick Brown and Ken Caldeira published by Nature. Their findings suggest that the models used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, on average, may be underestimating future warming.

Jan

2018

Seeing in the dark: how plant roots perceive water through growth

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC — Without eyes, ears, or a central nervous system, plants can perceive the direction of environmental cues and respond to ensure their survival. For example, roots need to extend ...

Dec

2017

More-severe climate model predictions could be the most accurate

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC — The climate models that project greater amounts of warming this century are the ones that best align with observations of the current climate, according to a new paper from Carnegie’ ...

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