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Tropical wetlands emit more methane than previously thought

Since 2007, the world's atmospheric methane concentration has increased rapidly, but scientists aren't sure why. This is a problem because methane is an extremely powerful greenhouse gas. During its first 20 years in the atmosphere, it has more than 80 times the warming power...

Review suggests current global efforts are insufficient to limit warming to 1.5°C

A pair of Concordia University climate scientists have concluded that, despite many nations' efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius by the middle of this century will not be met. H. Damon Matthews and Seth...

Climate warming will not change greenhouse gas emissions of biocrust in arid sandy areas

Climate change marked by global warming is affecting various ecological processes of the terrestrial ecosystem. How greenhouse gas emissions respond to climate change is directly related to the carbon and nitrogen balance between the atmosphere and terrestrial ecosystem. Scientists from the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources of...

Re-evaluating wetland carbon sink mitigation

University of Tasmania (UTAS), Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIGLAS) and Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) researchers have revealed that the current mitigation concepts for greenhouse gas emissions and measurements are not what they seem. The study was published...

Three decades ago, world told to act now on climate

Our planet is facing the "potentially serious consequences" of global warming. UN experts urged to take immediate action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Planet-warming carbon pollution has increased more than ever. The first IPCC report was published 30 years ago In 1990, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...

US sea levels to rise at a faster pace than in past 100 years

Oceans along the U.S. coastline will rise faster within the next three decades. It will rise faster than it did in the past 100 years. IT will bring more flooding to coastal cities such as New York and Miami. This is according to the...