Land ecosystems currently play a key role in mitigating climate change.
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NASA Finds What a Glacier’s Slope Reveals About Greenland Ice Sheet Thinning
As glaciers flow outward from the Greenland Ice Sheet, what lies beneath them offers clues to their role in future ice thinning and sea-level rise contribution.
Can Water Saving Traits Help Wine Survive Climate Change?
Climate change is expected to make many grape-growing regions too hot and dry to produce high-quality wine from traditional varieties.
Research Breakthrough Could Transform Clean Energy Technology
By some estimates, the amount of solar energy reaching the surface of the earth in one year is greater than the sum of all the energy we could ever produce using non-renewable resources.
Taking Geenhouse Gas Analysis on the Road, er, Rails
Research-grade air quality sensors are costly—around $40,000. For cities trying to monitor their greenhouse gas emissions, the cost may limit the number of sensors they can install and the data they can collect.
Higher Oil Production in Plant Leaves Could Revolutionize Vegetable Oil Industry, MU Researcher Finds
Since antiquity, cultures around the world have been extracting vegetable oil from plants to use as food and fuel. Some vegetable oils have important health benefits, including lowering cholesterol levels and decreasing the risk of cardiovascular disease.
