Forests play a key role for the UN’s climate change and biodiversity agencies. Melati Kaye investigates whether they can they serve the goals of both simultaneously.
New research shows that while a slow down of carbon absorption of the planet’s ecosystems is projected, today they continue to keep up with the rising levels of emissions being released into the atmosphere.
New research examining how the Southern Ocean absorbs CO2 reveals that winds and currents create pathways for carbon to be stored in the deep ocean regions.
Energy commissioner praises US for exploiting tar sands and Gulf of Mexico, New study backs “iron fertilisation” of the oceans as a way to store carbon in the seas, Mixed results from US climate change opinion polls.