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Tag: fossil fuels

A New Way to Make Hydrocarbons
Chemistry

A New Way to Make Hydrocarbons

Marine scientists used isotopic fingerprinting techniques to discover a new way that the hydrocarbons in oil and gas are formed.
January 4, 2022January 4, 2022 Amanda Semler
Pteropods are Ptough: How one of the ocean’s most fragile creatures may cope with climate change
Atmospheric Chemistry Biochemistry Biological oceanography Chemistry Climate Change Conservation Human impacts Ocean Acidification

Pteropods are Ptough: How one of the ocean’s most fragile creatures may cope with climate change

Climate change, due to the increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide from fossil fuel burning, is arguably the most important issue…
February 15, 2018February 14, 2018 Zak Kerrigan
Human impacts

New Nitrogen in Town: Nitrogen Deposition on the Open Ocean

Life in the ocean depends on a variety of nutrients, an important one being nitrogen. Phytoplankton, at the bottom of…
June 22, 2017June 22, 2017 Julia Dohner
Policy

What Does the US Election Mean for Our Oceans?

The oceans are subject to the whims of national policy, and yet they know no borders. Being poor ocean stewards…
November 16, 2016November 17, 2016 Carrie McDonough
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…
September 30, 2016September 29, 2016 Carrie McDonough
Archaeology Methodology

How we broke radiocarbon dating

CO2 from fossil fuel burning doesn’t contain C-14. That’s bad news for the future of radiocarbon dating.
December 26, 2015 Michael Philben

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