global warming – Page 4

Scientist: Huge Greenland iceberg a sign of warming

Written on August 13, 2010.

Pat Brennan, The Orange County Register When a massive ice island broke off Greenland last week, it looked quite familiar to UC Irvine climate researcher Eric Rignot. Rignot, who has attracted global attention for research showing rapid melting of ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica in response to global warming, was heading to Greenland from Europe this week for more climate research. Rignot, also a senior research scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, will be taking...

Climate change: smart strategies

Written on May 11, 2010.

Inundated with conflicting advice on how to reduce your carbon footprint? Diane Pataki, associate professor of Earth system science, will clear up the confusion. Jennifer Fitzenberger, University Communications People are inundated with advice on how to reduce their carbon footprints. With many ideas, some of them contradictory, it’s easy to become overwhelmed. Which measures are scientifically sound and most effective? How much leverage do people really have to reduce global warming...

‘Green’ spaces may worsen global warming

Written on January 19, 2010.

Turfgrass management can create more greenhouse gas than plants remove from atmosphere, study finds. Jennifer Fitzenberger, University Communications NOTE TO EDITORS: The original version of this story, posted Jan. 19, has been updated here to reflect the correction of a spreadsheet error in the scientific paper regarding carbon dioxide emissions during lawn maintenance. Dispelling the notion that urban “green” spaces help counteract greenhouse gas emissions, new research has found –...

Oceans losing ability to absorb greenhouse gas

Written on January 11, 2010.

Like a dirty filter, the Earth’s oceans are growing less efficient at absorbing vast amounts of carbon dioxide, the major greenhouse gas produced by fossil-fuel burning, reports a study co-authored by Francois Primeau, UC Irvine Earth system science associate professor. Jennifer Fitzenberger, University Communications Like a dirty filter, the Earth’s oceans are growing less efficient at absorbing vast amounts of carbon dioxide, the major greenhouse gas produced by fossil-fuel burning,...

Climate change: global problem, local response

Written on October 7, 2009.

UCI’s Diane Pataki discusses strategies for dealing with climate change in Southern California. Jennifer Fitzenberger, University Communications Over the last two centuries, people have mined and burned fossil fuels, cleared forests, and developed agriculture and industry. The consequence: rapid atmospheric pollution that is driving climate change. Diane Pataki, Earth system science and ecology & evolutionary biology associate professor at UC Irvine, discusses climate change,...

Working the Amazon soil

Written on April 25, 2009.

Earth scientist Claudia Czimczik digs in Peru for new dirt on global warming. Claudia Czimczik is deep in the Amazon rainforest, digging soil from the bottom of a muddy pit. She rolls the dirt between her fingers to feel its texture. “If you can make it thinner than a pencil, it has a lot of clay. If it breaks apart right away, it’s sandier,” says Czimczik, recalling her 2001 trip to Peru, during which she collected soil for an international study. Published March 6 in the journal Science,...

Tag: global warming