Press releases

Apr

2010

Carnegie’s Chris Field Elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences

By Carnegie HQ

Palo Alto, CA — Christopher Field , director of the Carnegie Institution’s Department of Global Ecology , is among the two hundred and twenty-nine leaders in the sciences, the humanities and the arts ...

Mar

2010

Carbon Emissions ‘Outsourced’ to Developing Countries

By Carnegie HQ

A new study by scientists at the Carnegie Institution for Science finds that over a third of carbon dioxide emissions associated with consumption of goods and services in many developed countries are ...

Mar

2010

Climate Change White Paper

By Carnegie HQ

"Above all, we hope readers will come to appreciate that the risks of climate change are not merely academic or theoretical. Pacific Gas and Electric Company is just one company where these ...

Feb

2010

Caldeira, Fei, and Shirey Elected AGU Fellows

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, D.C .— Carnegie scientists Kenneth Caldeira of the Department of Global Ecology, Yingwei Fei of the Geophysical Laboratory, and Steven Shirey of the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism ...

Dec

2009

Climate Change Puts Ecosystems on the Run

By Carnegie HQ

Audio Press Release Global warming is causing climate belts to shift toward the poles and to higher elevations. To keep pace with these changes, the average ecosystem will need to shift about a ...

Dec

2009

Breakthrough in Monitoring Tropical Deforestation Announced in Copenhagen

By Carnegie HQ

Palo Alto, CA—Tropical forest destruction accounts for some 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions. But quantifying these emissions has not been easy, particularly for tropical nations. New ...

Nov

2009

Ken Caldeira Testifies to Congress on Geoengineering

By Carnegie HQ

Can global warming be mitigated by a technological fix such as injecting light-blocking particles into the atmosphere or chemically “scrubbing” excess greenhouse gases from the atmosphere? Department ...

Oct

2009

Greg Asner's Amazon Work Featured in Nature

By Carnegie HQ

Greg Asner peers out an open window, taking stock of the jungle as the single-engine prop plane chugs over a pair of scarlet macaws gliding among the treetops 120 metres below. The Peruvian Amazon ...

Oct

2009

Chris Field on Greenhouse Gases from the Developing World

By Carnegie HQ

In a recent interview , scientist and director of Carnegie's Department of Global Ecology, Chris Field, describes the historic shift taking place in the production of greenhouse gases. As their ...

Sep

2009

Carnegie’s Christopher Field To Receive Heinz Award

By Carnegie HQ

Palo Alto, CA— Christopher Field , director of the Carnegie Institution’s Department of Global Ecology ,* has been awarded a prestigious Heinz award. The awards were established by Teresa Heinz in ...

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