Carbon Content

Capturing Carbon From Power Plants and the Atmosphere

Malia Reiss — April 11, 2024 - 12:14pm

The realities of climate change are around us — replete with the sight of melting glaciers and raging wildfires. Scientists have long documented that greenhouse gas emissions are the most significant drivers of global warming and climate change.

Unprecedented Arctic Wildfires Fuel Climate Warming Cycle

Katherine E Kerlin — November 08, 2022 - 3:13pm

In the Arctic, climate change is turning carbon sinks into carbon sources as wildfires send stored carbon up in smoke, explains �ٺ��Ƶ polar ecologist.

Alyssa Griffin: The Capacity to Care

Katherine E Kerlin — August 08, 2022 - 10:00am

�ٺ��Ƶ assistant professor Alyssa Griffin discusses blue carbon, parenthood and climate anxiety as part of a �ٺ��Ƶ series "Confronting Climate Anxiety."

Will Knowing a Flight’s Carbon Emissions Change Your Travel Plans?

Katherine E Kerlin — November 17, 2021 - 3:13pm

As more people begin booking flights again, many factors come into play—from price to time of day to number of stops. Last month, Google Flights began adding carbon emissions estimates for flights in its search results.

Research from �ٺ��Ƶ indicates that consumers are willing to pay more to pollute less during flights and that including such emissions information may help green the aviation industry.

Decarbonizing California Transportation by 2045

Katherine E Kerlin — April 21, 2021 - 2:40pm

Transportation is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in California. In order to achieve the state’s goals of carbon neutrality by 2045 and avoid the worst impacts of climate change, decarbonizing this sector is essential. But such a transition is unlikely to occur rapidly without key policy intervention.

Unfold Podcast, Episode 5: Is Rock Dust a Climate Change Solution?

Katherine E Kerlin — October 20, 2020 - 9:00am

Agriculture is responsible for 24 percent of our global greenhouse gas emissions. Despite this, �ٺ��Ƶ researchers say agriculture holds huge potential to be one of the biggest solutions to climate change. Carbon farming may hold the key. The newest episode of Unfold examines how scientists are adding rock dust to crops to see if it can sequester carbon while also increasing yields for farmers.

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Natural Capital a Missing Piece in Climate Policy

Katherine E Kerlin — September 28, 2020 - 8:00am

Clean air, clean water and a functioning ecosystem are considered priceless. Yet the economic value of nature remains elusive in cost-benefit analysis of climate policy regulations and greenhouse-gas-reduction efforts.

Canadian Policy on Corporate Emissions Translates to Higher Market Value

Karen Michele Nikos — May 20, 2020 - 11:59am

Conventional wisdom suggests that when a company generates more carbon emissions, investors should lower its stock price. After all, the company is generating a socially undesirable byproduct.

Compost Key to Sequestering Carbon in the Soil

Katherine E Kerlin — August 14, 2019 - 3:24pm

By moving beyond the surface level and literally digging deep, scientists at the University of California, Davis, found that compost is a key to storing carbon in semi-arid cropland soils, a strategy for offsetting CO2 emissions.

For their 19-year study, published in the journal Global Change Biology, scientists dug roughly 6 feet down to compare soil carbon changes in conventional, cover-cropped and compost-added plots of corn-tomato and wheat-fallow cropping systems. They found that:

Grasslands More Reliable Carbon Sink Than Trees

Katherine E Kerlin — July 09, 2018 - 2:36pm

Grasslands and rangelands are more resilient carbon sinks than forests in California due to wildfire risks and climate change, a �ٺ��Ƶ study found,. This has implications for the cap-and-trade market.