Clamor mounting for climate action
Royal Dutch Shell joins Trillion-Ton Communiqué calling for timetable to zero net carbon; Kitimat, B.C., rejects oil terminal; IPCC calls for climate-conserving measures to start ASAP, and more.
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Chile floats carbon tax, China leads renewable investment
In this week’s ClimateCast: IPCC moves to consider solutions, China leads world in clean energy investment, small-scale renewables gain ground, and much more.
Biocarbon holding down global heating
If the Earth’s vegetation were not absorbing tremendous amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, the climate would be much hotter and have already crossed highly dangerous thresholds.
British farmland missing huge natural benefits potential
Farm support programs that target only food production miss huge opportunities to generate natural benefits, a new British study documents.
Blue carbon turning the tide on greenhouse gas emissions
By preserving and expanding areas of coastal vegetation such as mangroves, sea grass beds, and marshes, we can mitigate some of the effects in burning fossil fuels and turn the tide on our rising greenhouse gas emission
Guest Blog: Mycorrhizal Fungi - a big deal for biocarbon
For over a decade, scientists have argued that mycorrhizal fungi should be included in models of global carbon cycling, but they have struggled wit
Guest Blog: More livestock to save the planet?
A conversation between Chad Kruger, Director of WSU Center for Sustaining Agriculture and
Biocarbon in forest soils: A lot more than meets the eye
When you envision a forest, what do you picture? A lot of trees, right? But what you probably don’t picture is what’s under the forest floor: soil. In most forests, the amount of carbon stored in the soil is greater than the amount stored in the trees. But how does it get there?
Urban ecosystem services: the promise of green infrastructure
Urban green infrastructure is increasingly seen as an effective way to meet regulatory obligations for control of polluted runoff or high stormwater flows, while also generating an array of ecosystem service co-benefits.
Blue carbon goes big Down Under
Australia is launching one of the most ambitious ‘blue carbon’ mapping projects ever. ‘Blue carbon’ is the capture and storage of carbon pollution from the atmosphere in ocean plants and sediments on the seabed.