Press releases

Jul

2008

Acidifying Oceans Add Urgency to CO2 Cuts

By Carnegie HQ

It’s not just about climate change anymore. Besides loading the atmosphere with heat-trapping greenhouse gases, human emissions of carbon dioxide have also begun to alter the chemistry of the ocean— ...

Jun

2008

Abandoned Farmlands Are Key to Sustainable Bioenergy

By Carnegie HQ

Stanford, CA—Biofuels can be a sustainable part of the world’s energy future, especially if bioenergy agriculture is developed on currently abandoned or degraded agricultural lands, report scientists ...

Jun

2008

Researchers Explain Nitrogen Paradox in Forests

By Carnegie HQ

Stanford, CA— Nitrogen is essential to all life on Earth, and the processes by which it cycles through the environment may determine how ecosystems respond to global warming. But certain aspects of ...

Jun

2008

Revolution in Rain Forest Monitoring with MacArthur Grant

By Carnegie HQ

Tropical rain forests are treasure houses of biodiversity, but there has been no effective way to inventory and monitor their plant species over large areas. As a result, we have limited ...

Jun

2008

Global Limits of Biomass Energy

By Carnegie HQ

Biomass energy —energy generated from agricultural waste or specially grown energy crops— has been widely touted as a clean, renewable alternative to fossil fuels. Research is booming to improve ...

Apr

2008

Before Fossil Fuels, Earth’s Minerals Kept CO2 in Check

By Carnegie HQ

Stanford, CA — Over millions of years carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have been moderated by a finely tuned natural feedback system—a system that human emissions have recently overwhelmed. A ...

Apr

2008

Changing Jet Streams May Alter Paths of Storms and Hurricanes

By Carnegie HQ

Stanford, CA —The Earth’s jet streams, the high-altitude bands of fast winds that strongly influence the paths of storms and other weather systems, are shifting—possibly in response to global warming ...

Mar

2008

Invading Trees Put Rain Forests at Risk

By Carnegie HQ

Stanford , CA —To the list of threats to tropical rain forests you can add a new one — trees. It might seem that for a rain forest the more trees the merrier, but a new study by scientists at the ...

Feb

2008

Stabilizing Climate Requires Near-Zero Carbon Emissions

By Carnegie HQ

Stanford, CA — Now that scientists have reached a consensus that carbon dioxide emissions from human activities are the major cause of global warming, the next question is: How can we stop it? Can we ...

Dec

2007

Coral Reefs Unlikely to Survive in Acid Oceans

By Carnegie HQ

Stanford, CA — Carbon emissions from human activities are not just heating up the globe, they are changing the ocean’s chemistry. This could soon be fatal to coral reefs, which are havens for marine ...

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