YCNCC News

Over 20 YCNCC researchers will travel to New Orleans next week to showcase their work at AGU25.

YCNCC researchers explain that real-world project data are needed to assess the effects of cover cropping and other practices on soil carbon storage.

YCNCC scientists join Royal Society meeting to steer global dialogue on enhanced weathering solutions.

YSE News spoke with YCNCC faculty experts about an ambitious funding initiative for tropical forests that was formally launched at COP30. 

New study co-authored by Pete Raymond reveals underestimation of carbon uptake in rivers in arid areas, with global implications.

YCNCC Faculty Paulo Brando connects Indigenous knowledge with scientific methods to monitor and protect the health of threatened Amazon ecosystems.

YCNCC Scientific Leadership Team member Lea Winter receives Connecticut Technology Council award for Research Innovation and Leadership.

Subtropical forests in the Everglades bounce back quickly after fires, reaffirming the need for prescribed burns in the face of a changing climate.

YCNCC researchers awarded major grant to use machine learning to improve MRV for marine CDR.

Climate change drives massive wildfires globally. Burned areas are now up to 35x larger, says the State of Wildfires 2024-2025 report.

YCNCC Faculty Affiliate and Engineering Professor Liangbing Hu has created a “superwood” that is stronger than steel.

YCNCC’s Fall 2025 Research Showcase featured 27 lightning talks on Ecosystem Capture, Geological & Ocean Capture, and Industrial Carbon Utilization.

YCNCC convenes experts from geochemistry, forestry, and soil organic carbon to advance enhanced weathering MRV.

YCNCC welcomed Fall 2025 Visiting Scholar Matthew Potts to campus with a packed schedule of talks, panels, and collaboration on climate solutions.

YCNCC Marine CDR Lead Gabby Kitch presented on “The State of the Science and Social Science on mCDR” at a recent Columbia University symposium.

SHIFT-CM is a new Yale-led research initiative designed to address the evidence gaps that undermine trust in natural climate solution carbon credits.

New YSE research examines the supply and demand side of hydrogen-based energy and incentive scenarios for adoption across industries

YCNCC convened sessions at Yale @ Climate Week NYC on showcasing the Center’s work to advance “Research Through Deployment.”

New YCNCC-led research suggests that project-scale empirical data are required (in addition to models) to verify soil carbon sequestration.

YCNCC research has found that spreading crushed limestone on croplands could significantly reduce pollution by storing carbon. 

Yale scientists have discovered that changes in climate and water levels are reducing the ability of some ecosystems in the Everglades to store carbon

YCNCC-led research highlights the need to reduce the “hammer” of human impact rather than focus on an all-encompassing climatic tipping point. 

YCNCC is excited to announce new members of its Science Leadership Team, as well as the addition of several new Faculty Affiliates.

Liza Comita, a forest ecologist who studies the dynamics of tropical forests, joined the Yale faculty in 2014.

YCNCC research shows that adding crushed limestone to fields can potentially remove CO2 at scale and low cost while boosting crop yields