Flying in a pollution-detecting airplane, UC Davis scientists were stunned to see just how much methane was leaking from an underground well at Aliso Canyon in Southern California. It's believed that the leaking well is spewing , pilot and UC Davis project scientist Stephen Conley said. That means about 80,000 tons of methane have been emitted from the leak since it was first reported on Oct. 23, 2015. “To put this into perspective, the leak effectively doubles the emission rate...

The photo above shows researchers tracking high-elevation snowfall at the National Science Foundation's Niwot Ridge Long-Term Ecological Research site in Colorado. Research from a team of scientists at the University of Colorado-Boulder (CU-Boulder) suggest that an ongoing ice loss in the Rocky Mountains is shrinking glaciers and other icy terrain, an occurrence that could spell trouble for future water supplies. The research areaincludesthousands of alpine tundra, subalpine forest, talus slopes, glacial lakes and wetlands, according to a news release from...

In his , President Barack Obama delivered a blow to climate change naysayers, bringing up the topic in his opening remarks and launching into a passionate defense of his efforts thus far. He took the issue a step further, placing climate change in the frame of business and innovation, urging the nation to look at it as a budding business venture. (White House) Below are quotes from Obama’s speech that address climate change and clean energy: - “Look, if anybody...