carbon

UAF Students Propose Guidelines for Fairbanks-area Climate-change Response Plan

Tim Ellis

The Fairbanks North Star Borough does not have a plan to respond to climate change, like the one under consideration by the Anchorage Assembly, which aims…

Energy & Environment

GVEA to Cut Carbon Emissions by 26 Percent by 2030; Environmentalists Urge More Cuts

Tim Ellis

Golden Valley Electric Association has pledged to reduce the amount of climate-changing carbon its power plants emit by 26 percent, based on 2012 levels,…

Changing Arctic

Arctic Permafrost Carbon Study Predicts Imminent, ‘Really Large' Methane Releases

Tim Ellis

A carbon time-bomb ticking away in thawing permafrost …"Methane is a very potent greenhouse gas," University of Alaska Fairbanks ecology professor Katey…

Changing Arctic

Study: High Levels of CO2 Could Boost Biomass Carbon Absorption in Parts of Alaska 'til 2100

Tim Ellis

A possible short-term benefit to a greenhouse gas …Scientists have long worried the warming climate caused by buildup of carbon in the atmosphere will…