14-03-25 The climate is warming in the arctic at twice the rate of the rest of the globe creating a longer growing season and increased plant growth, which captures atmospheric carbon, and thawing（融化） permafrost, which releases carbon into the atmosphere...

14-03-13 A new NASA study shows Earth's climate likely will continue to warm during this century on track with previous estimates, despite the recent slowdown in the rate of global warming. This research hinges on a new and more detailed calculation of the s...

14-03-06 Teaching crop plants to concentrate carbon dioxide in their leaves could increase photosynthetic（光合作用的） efficiency by 60 percent and yields by as much as 40 percent, researchers report in a new study. The team used a computer model to simulat...

14-01-27 The tropical carbon cycle has become twice as sensitive to temperature variations over the past 50 years, new research has revealed. The research shows that a one degree rise in tropical temperature leads to around two billion extra tonnes of carbon...

14-01-25 Hi, everybody. This week, I visited a company in Raleigh, North Carolina that helps make electric motors that save businesses money on energy costs and cut harmful carbon pollution. And I stopped by N.C. State University, where engineers are set to...

14-01-24 Sometimes solving a problem doesn't require a high-tech solution. Sometimes, you have to look no farther than your desktop. Three students from Northwestern University's McCormick School of Engineering -- an undergraduate, a master's student, and th...

14-01-24 UK researchers have identified a biological mechanism that could explain how the Earth's atmospheric carbon dioxide and climate were stabilised over the past 24 million years. When CO2 levels became too low for plants to grow properly, forests appea...

14-01-23 The European Commission has outlined its plans for climate and energy policy until 2030. 欧盟委员会公布了2030年前的气候计划、能源政策。 The Commissioners want a binding target to reduce carbon emissions by 40% from 1990 levels. Renewables will need...

14-01-23 From the world of nanotechnology we've gotten electronic skin, or e-skin, and electronic eye implants or e-eyes. Now we're on the verge of electronic whiskers（胡须） . Researchers with Berkeley Lab and the University of California (UC) Berkeley hav...

14-01-16 Using an approach akin to assembling a club sandwich at the nanoscale, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers have succeeded in crafting a uniform, multi-walled carbon-nanotube-based coating that greatly reduces the flamma...