Are young trees or old forests more important for slowing climate change?
The age of a forest can influence how effectively it offsets our emissions.
Tom Pugh, Reader in Biosphere-Atmosphere Exchange, University of Birmingham
• conversation
July 30, 2020 • ~7 min
July 30, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: climate-change trees forests deforestation reforestation tree-planting carbon-cycle natural-climate-solutions
An effective climate change solution may lie in rocks beneath our feet
To avoid global warming on a catastrophic scale, nations need to reduce emissions and find ways to pull carbon from the air. One promising solution: spreading rock dust on farm fields.
Benjamin Z. Houlton, Professor of Global Environmental Studies, Chancellor's Fellow and Director, John Muir Institute of the Environment, University of California, Davis
• conversation
July 16, 2020 • ~8 min
July 16, 2020 • ~8 min
Tags: climate-change soil carbon-dioxide nutrients minerals carbon-cycle rocks negative-emissions paris-climate-accord negative-emissions-technologies
Daniel Rothman awarded math prize for work on Earth's carbon cycle | MIT News
Professor of geophysics and co-director of the Lorenz Center at MIT honored with the 2016 American Mathematical Society Levi L. Conant Prize.
Tags: mathematics environment awards-honors-and-fellowships school-of-science faculty eaps lorenz-center carbon-cycle
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