Press releases

Apr

2015

Carnegie’s Joe Berry Elected to National Academy of Sciences

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, D.C. —Joseph A. Berry, staff scientist at Carnegie’s Department of Global Ecology, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, one of 84 new members and 21 foreign associates. ...

Apr

2015

Whitening the Arctic Ocean: May restore sea ice, but not climate

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, D.C.— Some scientists have suggested that global warming could melt frozen ground in the Arctic, releasing vast amounts of the potent greenhouse gas methane into the atmosphere, greatly ...

Apr

2015

Carnegie Launches Next Generation Airborne Laboratory for Earth

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, D.C. – Carnegie Science announces the launch of the Carnegie Airborne Observatory-3 (CAO-3), the most scientifically advanced aircraft-based mapping and data analytics system in civil ...

Apr

2015

BBC News Covers Ken Caldeira's Remarks About Geoengineering

By Carnegie HQ

Ken Caldeira warns against the use of geoengineering, calls research into it an "act of desperation on the part of scientists." Read more

Mar

2015

Listen to aspen trees having 'heart attacks' due to drought, Colorado Public Radio

By Carnegie HQ

Research from Carnegie's William Anderegg (now at Princeton University), Joseph Berry, and Christopher Field is featured in this public radio piece.

Mar

2015

Glimpses of the future: Drought damage leads to widespread forest death

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, D.C .— The 2000-2003 drought in the American southwest triggered a widespread die-off of forests around the region. A Carnegie-led team of scientists developed a new modeling tool to ...

Mar

2015

Ken Caldeira Talks Geoengineering with Mother Jones

By Carnegie HQ

Ken Caldeira discusses geoengineering with Mother Jones: "We Could Stop Global Warming With This Fix—But It's Probably a Terrible Idea."

Mar

2015

Ocean pipes “not cool,” would end up warming climate

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, D.C.— To combat global climate change caused by greenhouse gases, alternative energy sources and other types of environmental recourse actions are needed. There is a variety of proposals ...

Mar

2015

California could power itself three to five times over with solar, Washington Post

By Carnegie HQ

Read the Washington Post story on California solar power potential. March 3-17-15

Mar

2015

Solar could meet California energy demand three to five times over

By Carnegie HQ

Washington, D.C. — In the face of global climate change, increasing the use of renewable energy resources is one of the most urgent challenges facing the world. Further development of one resource, ...

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