Greenhouse Gases

Southern California to Receive Significantly Less Snowfall Due to Climate Change

If current climate change trends continue, Southern California could be seeing significantly less snowfall by the end of the century, a new UCLA study asserts. If left unchecked, Los Angeles-area mountains will be receiving 30 to 40 percent less snow by midcentury, and up to two-thirds less snow by 2100 than in the years leading up to 2000.

Environmentally Friendly Mealworms Could Be On The Menu One Day

Dutch scientists are proposing that mealworms are a sustainable food alternative to meats such as chicken and beef.

Doha Climate Change Conference 2012: UN extends Kyoto Protocol Through 2020, But Emissions Will Rise

Delegates to the conference have agreed on a tenuous extension to the embattled Kyoto Protocol, the 15-year-old international greenhouse gas emissions treaty.

An Ancient Carbon Footprint: Human Methane Emissions as Old as Rome, Say Experts (+VIDEO)

Humanity's carbon footprint was first impressed on the Earth during the era of the Roman and Chinese Empires, according to a study recently published in the journal Nature.

Greenhouse Gases Under Antarctic Ice Sheets Could Contribute to Global Warming, Study Says

A study published this week by the journal Nature tells of a "vast reservoir" of the potent greenhouse gas methane may be trapped under ice sheets in the Antarctic and if this ice continues its fast-paced melting, the gas could be released into the atmosphere and contribute considerably to global warming.