Press releases

Jul

2014

Perú’s Carbon Quantified: Economic and Conservation Boon

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC — Scientists unveiled the first high-resolution map of the carbon stocks stored on land throughout the entire country of Perú. The new and improved methodology used to make the map ...

Jul

2014

Climate warming may not drive net losses of soil carbon from tropical forests

By Carnegie HQ

Audio Washington, D.C. —The planet’s soil releases about 60 billion tons of carbon into the atmosphere each year, which is far more than that released by burning fossil fuels. This happens through a ...

Jul

2014

Climate: Meat turns up the heat

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, DC —Eating meat contributes to climate change, due to greenhouse gasses emitted by livestock. New research finds that livestock emissions are on the rise and that beef cattle are ...

Jul

2014

Carnegie’s Christopher Field Awarded Roger Revelle Medal

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, D.C.-—The American Geophysical Union (AGU) announced on June 30 that Christopher Field will receive the Roger Revelle Medal. Field is director of Carnegie’s Department of Global Ecology. ...

Apr

2014

Climate change: don't wait until you can feel it

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, D.C. — Despite overwhelming scientific evidence for the impending dangers of human-made climate change, policy decisions leading to substantial emissions reduction have been slow. New ...

Mar

2014

Studying crops from outer space

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, D.C. — Plants convert energy from sunlight into chemical energy during a process called photosynthesis. This energy is passed on to humans and animals that eat the plants, and thus ...

Mar

2014

Amazon’s canopy chemistry is a patchwork quilt

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, D.C. — In many ways, plants act as chemical factories, using energy from sunlight to produce carbon-based energy and taking nutrients from the soil in order to synthesize a wide variety ...

Feb

2014

News briefing: Global warming’s record-setting pace

By Carnegie HQ

YouTube Washington, D.C. — The pace of global warming over the last century has been about twice as rapid over land than over the oceans and will continue to be more dramatic going forward if ...

Jan

2014

Carnegie’s Chris Field Receives BBVA Climate Change Award

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, D.C.--Christopher Field, the founding director of Carnegie’s Department of Global Ecology and co-chair of the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC), Working ...

Dec

2013

Forest monitoring: bringing the power to the people

By Carnegie HQ

Audio Washington, D.C. — Forest conservation is an issue of major concern to communities large and small around the globe. But gathering the monitoring data needed to make the right decisions has ...

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