Thanks to the new site organization, all of the science news can now be had in one place. For those of you who haven’t had the chance to check in with Nobel Intent this week, these are some of the biggest stories we covered. The world seems to be inching closer to taking concrete steps to slow and reduce the emissions of carbon dioxide that are contributing to climate change and ocean acidification. But a study explored what would happen if carbon emissions stopped. Unfortunately, it turns out the oceans have been absorbing much of the temperature increases and CO2 emissions, and will slowly release them over the coming centuries, preventing our return to preindustrial conditions indefinitely.
While we’re on the subject of climate, a period of cold temperatures called the Little Ice Age was often credited for slowing tree growth and providing Stradivarius with excellent raw materials for his instruments. Not so, says new research; it turns out that the wood was treated with a chemical soup that was most likely intended to act as a preservative.
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