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Best-case scenario, how much are we locked into? Kletr/Shutterstock.com

July 4, 2017

If we stopped emitting greenhouse gases right now, would we stop climate change?

Richard B. Rood, University of Michigan

Set aside the politics. If by some miracle we turned off carbon emissions immediately, how would the climate respond?

Damage from a 2010 explosion and fire in San Bruno, California, caused by a leaking natural gas pipeline. The disaster killed eight people. Thomas Hawk/Flickr

January 17, 2017

Detecting methane leaks with infrared cameras: They’re fast, but are they effective?

Arvind P. Ravikumar, Stanford University

Infrared cameras are the technology of choice for detecting gas leaks across the US. New research shows that these cameras can be quite inaccurate, and leaks can persist without being detected.

Farming makes a huge contribution to global greenhouse emissions, mainly through methane from livestock. Billy Hathorn/Wikimedia Commons

March 9, 2015

Meat the future: new book sets out the effects of the world’s diet

Stuart White, University of Technology Sydney and Dana Cordell, University of Technology Sydney

Meat uses a lot of resources - between three and ten times as much as plants for the same amount of protein. The rich world might be slowly losing its taste for meat, but the developing world isn't.

The face of climate evil, or just a juicy steak? Sheila/Flickr

February 23, 2015

It’s not enough to go vegetarian to fight climate change

Richard Eckard, University of Melbourne

Going vegetarian might help reduce your personal footprint - but it won't save the climate. Richard Eckard explains.

Oil drillers in North Dakota flares natural gas, but much of it – a potent greenhouse gas – escapes into the atmosphere. Shannon Stapleton/Reuters

January 22, 2015

Will Obama’s ‘fugitive methane’ plan reduce or increase our dependence on natural gas?

Nathan Phillips, Boston University

Like many Americans concerned with climate change and energy security, I reacted with high hopes to the President Obama’s proposal to reduce leaks of methane gas from oil and gas drilling. But on closer…

February 18, 2014

Natural gas leaks more than predicted

Stanford University, University of California, Santa Barbara, University of Michigan

Natural gas wells in the USA have considerably higher levels of leakage — fugitive emissions — than officials predicted…

Top contributors

Richard Eckard
Professor & Director, Primary Industries Climate Challenges Centre, University of Melbourne
Dana Cordell
Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
Stuart White
Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
Richard B. Rood
Professor of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan
Nathan Phillips
Professor, Earth and Environment, Boston University
Arvind P. Ravikumar
Post-doctoral Fellow: Energy systems analysis and energy policy, Stanford University