Greenhouse gases /channels/taxonomy/term/6010/all en New technique for measuring greenhouse gas production from thawing permafrost /channels/channels/news/new-technique-measuring-greenhouse-gas-production-thawing-permafrost-321316 <p>A research team led by ϲ University geochemist <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/eps/douglas">Peter Douglas</a> has used a new method for measuring the rate at which methane is produced by microbes breaking down thawing permafrost. “There is a lot of concern about methane being released from permafrost, but we don’t know how available carbon that has been frozen for thousands of years is to microbes,” says Douglas, an assistant professor in ϲ’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences.</p> Thu, 26 Mar 2020 18:33:38 +0000 webfull 159759 at /channels Recent strengthening of the tropical Pacific zonal SST gradient is a dynamically consistent response to rising greenhouse gases /channels/channels/event/recent-strengthening-tropical-pacific-zonal-sst-gradient-dynamically-consistent-response-rising-295206 <p>><img height="856" src="//www.mcgill.ca/meteo/files/meteo/richard_seager-_08-apr-19.jpg" width="659" /></p> Thu, 07 Mar 2019 16:03:50 +0000 webfull 147056 at /channels Energy efficiency and forest biorefinery: sustainability in forest use /channels/event/energy-efficiency-and-forest-biorefinery-sustainability-forest-use-257549 <h2>Energy efficiency and forest biorefinery-<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/energy-efficiency-and-forest-biorefinery-sustainability-in-forest-use-tickets-20075726037">Register today!</a></h2> <h2><span>Overview</span></h2> Mon, 04 Jan 2016 19:26:18 +0000 webfull 114879 at /channels Aerosol emissions in East Asia driven by consumption in developed countries /channels/news/aerosol-emissions-east-asia-driven-consumption-developed-countries-262510 <p>Much of the influence on climate from air pollution in East Asia is driven by consumption in the developed countries of Western Europe and North America, according to research co-led by ϲ University atmospheric scientist Yi Huang.</p> <p><span>In a paper published online this week in <em>Nature Geoscience,</em> Huang and colleagues from China, the U.S. and U.K. report that international trade shifts the climate impacts of aerosols -- solid or liquid particles suspended in air -- from net consuming countries to net producing countries.</span></p> Tue, 06 Sep 2016 19:44:10 +0000 webfull 121008 at /channels