Climate Change
It’s getting hot in here: IPCC and the ocean
With unequivocal evidence that humans are warming the planet, what does the future hold for the ocean and for us?
Tag: Carbon dioxide
Climate Change
Fossilized Deep-Sea Corals Reveal Ancient Ocean Circulation Patterns
An increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations helped end the last ice age. But what caused the carbon dioxide increase…
Climate Change
How will climate change affect the Southern Ocean ecosystems?
Changes in the Southern Ocean can affect global climate, and understanding the Southern Ocean’s response to climate change helps us…
Biogeochemistry
Reduction in Deforestation Influencing Atmospheric CO2
Since 2000, atmospheric CO2 hasn’t been rising as quickly as we expected. It may be because plants on land have…
Ocean Acidification
More Intense Summer to Winter Swings in Oceanic Dissolved CO2
Ocean CO2 levels vary depending on the time of year. Landschützer and his colleagues are the first to show that…
Biogeochemistry
What happens to CO2 levels during El Niño?
Thanks to NASA’s new Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 satellite, we now know when and where CO2 levels change during El Niño,…
Biogeochemistry
New Evidence of Erosion, Weathering and CO2 Together Regulating Glacier Formation
Ice cover on earth extends and recedes over thousands of years. But what drives these fluctuations? Moreover, what guarantees that…
Climate Change
Carbon Dioxide In and Methane Out: the Surprising Chemistry of an Arctic Methane Seep Field
The bad news: coastal frozen sediments in the Arctic are melting and emitting methane, a potent greenhouse gas, into the…
Ocean Acidification
Stressed-out microbes in an acidifying ocean
The ocean is acidifying in response to carbon dioxide emissions, but we are just beginning to learn how this effects…
Chemistry
Beyond CO2: Chemical Consequences of Our Love Affair with Fossil Fuels
Our world relies heavily on the burning of biological materials such as wood or fossil fuels to harness energy. While…
Climate Change Human impacts
Could increasing CO2 be decreasing human nutrition?
The increase in global atmospheric CO2 concentrations may be causing major food crops, like wheat, to have lower amounts of…
