A new study measures emission factors for tropical peatland fires in Malaysia.
carbon emissions
Satellite Quantifies Carbon Dioxide from Coal-Fired Power Plants
Using data from NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2 satellite, researchers measured emissions of the greenhouse gas from individual coal plants in the United States, India, and South Africa.
Aquatic Plants May Accelerate Arctic Methane Emissions
About two thirds of the gas produced by a study area near Barrow, Alaska, came from increasingly abundant greenery covering only 5% of the landscape, researchers estimate.
Algae Blooms and Gas Wells Drive Lake Erie Methane Emissions
In one of the first studies to investigate large lakes as methane sources, researchers found that Lake Erie is releasing more of the potent greenhouse gas than expected.
U.S. Methane Emissions on the Rise
Data suggest that the United States may be responsible for half of global methane increase in the past decade.
Soil Loses Pyrogenic Carbon by an Unexpected Pathway
Fresh insight into pyrogenic carbon disappearance suggests that erosion is not responsible.
Aerosol Cutbacks May Bring Tropical Rains Farther North
Lower anthropogenic aerosol emissions in the 21st century may lead to warming that drives the Intertropical Convergence Zone northward.
Counting the Ocean's Greenhouse Gas Emissions
A new database seeks to improve estimates of oceanic emissions of methane and nitrous oxide.
