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Mapping Mud Volcanoes in Shallow Seas

by Meghie Rodrigues 10 July 202510 July 2025

A team of scientists put together a global database of submarine mud volcanoes. Orders of magnitude more are still bubbling, undiscovered, in the deep ocean.

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Nonproducing Oil Wells May Be Emitting 7 Times More Methane Than We Thought

by Lauren Schneider 16 June 202516 June 2025

A study measured methane flow from more than 450 nonproducing wells across Canada, but thousands more remain unevaluated.

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EPA Proposes Removal of Carbon Dioxide Limits on Power Plants

by Grace van Deelen 12 June 202512 June 2025

On 11 June, the Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposal to repeal federal limits on power plant carbon emissions, including a Biden-era rule requiring power plants to control 90% of their carbon pollution and a 2015 standard limiting carbon dioxide emissions from new fossil fuel-fired power plants.

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Real Climate Solutions Are Beneath Us

by Peter Reiners 2 May 20252 May 2025

It’s time to accept that durable subsurface carbon storage, along with emissions reductions, must be part of the plan to mitigate the effects of climate change—and geoscience must play a central role.

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Solar Power Shortages Are on the Rise

by Rebecca Dzombak 16 April 202516 April 2025

More communities are relying on solar power as a source of renewable energy, but increasing demand and climate change threaten its reliability.

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Seeping Groundwater Can Be a Hidden Source of Greenhouse Gases

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 28 March 202528 March 2025

A new study in the Farmington River watershed shows that groundwater seeps can release 20% of dissolved emissions into the atmosphere before the water joins streams.

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The Middle East’s First Comprehensive Carbon Budget

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 13 March 202513 March 2025

The first greenhouse gas budget for Central and West Asia—24 countries, including Yemen, Türkiye, Kazakhstan, and Afghanistan—was just published.

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Glacier Intervention Research Isn’t Just for Glaciologists

by Kenneth D. Mankoff, Christina Hulbe, Sławek Tulaczyk, Francesca Marzatico and Tiffany Morrison 9 January 202524 March 2025

Prospects for mitigating sea level rise by slowing flows of glacial ice into the ocean are worthy of research, but this work must involve all rights holders and stakeholders.

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Why Wildfires Started by Humans, Cars and Power Lines Can Be More Destructive and Harder to Contain

by Virginia Iglesias 22 November 20242 December 2024

While climate change sets the stage for larger and more intense fires, humans are actively fanning the flames.

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Posted inResearch Spotlights

New Insight into Inland Water Carbon Dioxide Emissions

by Rebecca Owen 21 November 202421 November 2024

A process-based modeling technique reveals surprising information about carbon emissions from rivers, lakes, and reservoirs across the contiguous United States.

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