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Press releases
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2014
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2014
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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
23
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
21
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
01
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
25
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
24
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
03
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 ...
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