Carbon Emissions

A closeup shot of two hands holding a clump of dirt with plant roots in it. The person is leaning over close to the ground to hold the dirt, and rows of crops are visible behind them.

A new farming (re)generation
Mississippi Delta program encourages healthier soil, sustainable farms

Up in smoke
Auburn researcher studies connection between forest fires, greenhouse gasses

Two people in waders and high-visibility clothes stand on the bank of a large puddle in the middle of a forest. The sun is low on the horizon behind the hills.

An entire world in a puddle
Researchers study relationships between wetlands, microbes, greenhouse gasses

From the right side of the image, a road of black ash travels toward a pile of ash in the background, with tracks from large vehicle tires visible. Around the road and the pile is barren dirt.

EPA considers denying Alabama’s coal ash permit program
ADEM program shows “a consistent pattern of deficiencies,” EPA says

An electric power plant with three red-and-white-striped smokestacks, sits on the bank of Mobile River, which is brown and cloudy.

The burning problem
Will new coal ash regulations make Alabama safer?

Two researchers kneel in a field of brown stalks of harvested soybeans. The grad student, on the right, is wearing a netted hood similar to a beekeeper's suit, and the professor, on the left, is wearing everyday clothes

Climate-centered thinking
Alabama A&M researchers study agricultural influencers of climate change, carbon emissions