Press releases

Dec

2006

Ancient climate change may portend toasty future

By Carnegie HQ

Stanford, CA - Scientists, including Ken Caldeira of the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology, have found that the Earth's global warming, 55 million years ago, may have resulted from ...

Sep

2006

Global changes alter plant growth schedule

By Carnegie HQ

Stanford, CA—Any gardener knows that different plant species mature at different times. Scientists studying natural plant communities know this phenomenon allows species to co-exist by reducing ...

Jul

2006

Small-scale logging leads to clear-cutting in Brazilian Amazon

By Carnegie HQ

STANFORD, CA-A team of scientists, led by Greg Asner of the Carnegie Institution’s Department of Global Ecology, has discovered an important indicator of rain forest vulnerability to clear-cutting in ...

Feb

2006

Oceans may soon be more corrosive than when the dinosaurs died

By Carnegie HQ

Stanford, CA -- Increased carbon dioxide emissions are rapidly making the world’s oceans more acidic and, if unabated, could cause a mass extinction of marine life similar to one that occurred 65 ...

Dec

2005

Study: Temperate forests could worsen global warming

By Carnegie HQ

Carnegie Contact: Dr. Ken Caldeira; kcaldeira@globalecology.stanford.edu or (650) 704-7212 For images see http://www.carnegieinstitution.org/temperateforests/ Stanford, CA – Growing a forest might ...

Oct

2005

New satellite study doubles forest disturbance estimates in Brazil—impacts widespread

By Carnegie HQ

Contact Carnegie’s Dr. Gregory Asner, office 650-462-1047 x202; cell 650-380-2828; e-mail gasner@globalecology.stanford.edu For a copy of the paper contact Science at scipak@aaas.org , or 202-326- ...

Sep

2005

How to avoid severe climate change discussed at CO2 conference

By Carnegie HQ

Contact Dr. Ken Caldeira at kcaldeira@globalecology.stanford.edu , or by cell at 650-704-7212 Stanford, CA – The kind of devastation seen on the Gulf Coast from Hurricane Katrina may be a small taste ...

Jun

2005

Ecological alarm: Oceans turning to acid from rise in CO2

By Carnegie HQ

Contact Dr. Ken Caldeira at kcaldeira@gmail.com , or kcaldeira@globalecology.stanford.edu , 650-462-1047 x204; or Dr. Chris Field at cfield@globalecology.stanford.edu , 650-462-1047, x201 Stanford, ...

Mar

2005

Finding hidden invaders in a Hawaiian rain forest

By Carnegie HQ

Contact Carnegie’s Dr. Gregory Asner, at 650-380-2828, gpa@stanford.edu , or Stanford’s Peter Vitousek, at vitousek@stanford.edu The Asner Lab Website is located at http://asnerlab.stanford.edu/index ...

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