- Earth to reach temperature tipping point in next 20 to 30 years, new NAU study finds http://news.nau.edu/duffy-tipping-point/#.x_9pbubomu4 68 comments science
- In the past 150 years, global warming has more than undone the global cooling that occurred over the past six millennia, according to a major study http://news.nau.edu/global-warming-study/ 6 comments science
- 'Best of the last’ tropical forests urgently need protection to mitigate climate change, safeguard human well-being. Of these pristine forests that provide key services—including carbon storage, prevention of disease transmission and water provision—only a mere 6.5 percent are formally protected http://news.nau.edu/goetz-tropical-forests/#.xzjrugntwyp 37 comments science
- Scientists find carbon from thawing permafrost is released into the atmosphere at higher rates than previously thought. According to the study, 5 to 15 percent of the soil carbon held in the permafrost could be released into the atmosphere by the end of the century http://news.nau.edu/schuur-carbon-permafrost-study/ 8 comments science
- Scientists used a laser beam to propagate, trap, and later access long-lived sound waves inside specially designed crystalline solids. Researchers believe the so-called bulk crystalline optomechanical systems could be used for information processing and storage. http://news.nau.edu/ryan-behunin-brillouin-scattering/ 16 comments science