Press releases

Dec

2014

Warming reaches maximum 10 years after carbon dioxide emission

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, D.C.— The climate warming caused by a single carbon emission takes only about 10 years to reach its maximum effect. This is important because it refutes the common misconception that ...

Nov

2014

Overhaul in Tropical Forest Research Needed

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, D.C.— New work from a team led by Carnegie’s Greg Asner shows the limitations of long-used research methods in tropical rainforest ecology and points to new technological approaches for ...

Nov

2014

Mapping reveals targets for preserving tropical carbon stocks

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, D.C. — A new high-resolution mapping strategy has revealed billions of tons of carbon in Peruvian forests that can be preserved as part of an effort to sequester carbon stocks in the ...

Sep

2014

Coral growth rate plummets in 30-year comparison

By Carnegie HQ

Audio Washington, DC — A team of researchers working on a Carnegie expedition in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has documented that coral growth rates have plummeted 40 percent since the mid-1970s. ...

Aug

2014

Watch Anna Michalak's interview on PBS News Hour about the algal bloom in Lake Erie causing water problems in Toledo 8-3-14

By Carnegie HQ

Aug

2014

Listen to Chris Field's interview on adapting to climate change on ABC Australia 12-5-13

By Carnegie HQ

Aug

2014

NPR features scientist Ken Caldeira's climate change research

By Carnegie HQ

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 ...

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