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Earth’s Second Lung Has Emphysema

March 31, 2015

Earth’s Second Lung Has Emphysema Many consider forests as the ‘lungs’ of the planet — the idea that trees and other plants take up carbon and produce oxygen (the carbon and oxygen cycles). If we are to be fair though, the oceans store about 93% of the Earth’s carbon pool (excluding the lithosphere and fossil […]

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Christophe McGlade on who gets left with the unburnable carbon

February 10, 2015

Christophe McGlade on who gets left with the unburnable carbon Christophe McGlade is a research associate in energy materials modelling at the UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources.  He recently co-authored, with Paul Ekins, a paper called “The geographical distribution of fossil fuels unused when limiting global warming to 2°C”, a paper whose stark call to leave the […]

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Tomgram: Michael Klare, Perpetuating the Reign of Carbon

January 8, 2015

Tomgram: Michael Klare, Perpetuating the Reign of Carbon Think of it as the uncertainty principle.  By the nature of things, doubt, the unknown, and uncertainty are naturally part of the big picture in science, especially when it comes to creating “models” of the future.  As Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway showed in their blockbuster book, Merchants […]

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Tracking the fate of ancient carbon in the Siberian Arctic | Ensia

November 24, 2014

Tracking the fate of ancient carbon in the Siberian Arctic | Ensia. The Siberian Arctic is one of the most remote and pristine corners of the planet. During the brief summer season, temperatures can climb into the 90s Fahrenheit, and the seemingly endless expanse of boreal forest — or taiga — and tundra explodes with […]

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Divestiture is nothing but a distraction | Ensia

October 21, 2014

Divestiture is nothing but a distraction | Ensia. As a college president and chemist, I have worked throughout my career in areas connected to climate change. As an educator, I have written chemistry textbooks and regularly teach courses in which the most urgent issue is climate change. As a president, I frequently face decisions about […]

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