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Study reorders significance of fungal and bacterial decomposition of organic matter; impact on climate models

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In a 23-year experiment, a team from Lund University, Sweden, and the University of New Hampshire has determined that the common understanding of how organic material is decomposed by fungi and bacteria is fundamentally wrong. When a plant dies, its leaves and branches fall to the ground. Johannes Rousk and Serita D.

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Study finds global rivers and streams emitting 3x IPCC estimates of the GHG N2O

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That’s three times the amount estimated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Nitrous oxide is a potent greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change and stratospheric ozone destruction. This multi-site experiment clearly establishes streams and rivers as important sources of nitrous oxide. Beaulieu et al.

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DOE to fund 14 research projects on deepwater and Arctic methane hydrates; potential future energy supply

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The new research projects are intended to advance understanding of the nature and occurrence of deepwater and Arctic gas hydrates and their implications for future resource development and environmental performance. further assess resource volumes, particularly in deepwater settings. University of New Hampshire.

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Rhode Island's Renewable Energy Goal a Beacon for Other States

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Anything more ambitious, and I would start being a little skeptical that it would be attainable,” says Seaver Wang , a climate and energy researcher at the Breakthrough Institute. Higman says it’s a good example of using a state’s own potential resources. Amongst the state’s American peers, there’s no deadline more ambitious.

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NOAA: Warmest Global Ocean Surface Temperatures on Record for July

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The planet’s ocean surface temperature was the warmest on record for July, breaking the previous high mark established in 1998 according to an analysis by NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center. State of the Climate. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Climatic Data Center Monthly Reports.

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US DOE awards ~$5M to expand research on methane hydrates

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Researchers will design, build, and test a new borehole-sampling tool that will allow direct, in-place measurements of methane hydrate-bearing sediment properties by reaching beyond the zone disturbed by drilling. Geological Survey and the University of New Hampshire on the project. DOE Investment: approximately $480,000 ?.

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Researchers find that abiotic methane can charge deepsea Arctic gas hydrates

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Researchers from the Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate (CAGE) at the Arctic University of Norway have discovered a growing Arctic abiotic methane- and methane hydrate–charged sediment drift on oceanic crust in the deep Fram Strait of the Arctic Ocean. —Jürgen Mienert.

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