Latest Polar Ice Observations seen through Europe’s Cryosat Mission
Coinciding with the U.K.’s 50th Anniversary of space activity, a recent European Space Agency (ESA) update on the Cryosat mission demonstrates the full potential of ESA’s first mission dedicated to the study of ice in detecting annual variations and dramatic changes in the Arctic. ... read more >>
Saudi Arabia Plans to Launch the Most Ambitious Solar Energy Program on Earth
Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil producer, announced plans to launch an ambitious solar energy program capable of generating 41,000 megawatts of power over the next two decades to support one-third of electricity production by 2032. ... read more >>
Climate Change Pushes Europes Alpine Plants Toward Extinction
As the climate warms, plant species that prefer a colder environment are disappearing from the mountain ranges of Southern Europe. Since many of these species have small distribution areas, they are now threatened with extinction, according to two new studies from European researchers. ... read more >>
Summer weather: best hope is cool and damp, say officials | Environment | guardian.co.uk
Environment Agency warns that a scorching summer could see a repeat of the devastating 1976 drought. ... read more >>
Reaction Uses Carbon Dioxide to Make Carbon-Based Semiconductor
A materials scientist at Michigan Technological University has discovered a chemical reaction that not only eats up the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, it also creates something useful. And, by the way, it releases energy ... read more >>
New Study by WHOI Scientists Provides Baseline Measurements of Carbon in Arctic Ocean
Scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have conducted a new study to measure levels of carbon at various depths in the Arctic Ocean. The study, recently published in the journal Biogeosciences, provides data that will help researchers better understand the Arctic Ocean's carbon cycle -- the pathway through which carbon enters and is used by the marine ecosystem. It will a ... read more >>
How plants chill out
Plants elongate their stems when grown at high temperature to facilitate the cooling of their leaves, according to new research from the University of Bristol recently published in Current Biology. Understanding why plants alter their architecture in response to heat is important as increasing global temperatures pose a threat to future food production. ... read more >>
Understanding Arctic Oceans carbon cycle
Scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have conducted a new study to measure levels of carbon at various depths in the Arctic Ocean. The study, recently published in the journal Biogeosciences, provides data that will help researchers better understand the Arctic Ocean's carbon cycle -- the pathway through which carbon enters and is used by the marine ecosystem. It will a ... read more >>
Latest Southern Ocean research shows continuing deep ocean change
New research by teams of Australian and US scientists has found there has been a massive reduction in the amount of Antarctic Bottom Water found off the coast of Antarctica. ... read more >>
Toxic Mercury Accumulating In The Arctic Springs From A Hidden Source
Environmental scientists at Harvard have discovered that the Arctic accumulation of mercury, a toxic element, is caused by both atmospheric forces and the flow of circumpolar rivers that carry the element north into the Arctic Ocean. ... read more >>
