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Carbon Emissions
The soils of "managed forests" can take decades to rebuild the carbon stocks and microbial communities found in undisturbed forests.
The idea that it’s “too late” to reduce emissions fuels cynicism and despair, putting us on an even worse trajectory.
New biotech tools could clean up everything from construction to agriculture.
The primary causes of global climate change are all due to human activity. Adding aerosols to our atmosphere only exacerbates the problem.
Food transport accounted for only 6% of emissions, but the production of dairy, meat, and eggs accounted for 83%
Plagues, war, and genocide were literally frozen in time.
Explore data on electric car sales and stocks worldwide.
Google co-founder Sergey Brin’s airship startup hits a major milestone.
Based on data since 2000 alone, global warming is still occurring at a whopping 7-sigma significance. How hot will planet Earth get?
Environmental activists want us to feel "flight shame" if we can take a train, instead. But this isn't entirely realistic, even in Europe.
Scientists turn to nature to improve a ubiquitous building material.
Cement production currently accounts for 8% of global carbon emissions.
A community in Austin, Texas is using geothermal energy to keep homes warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
A radical redesign of commercial aircraft, called the flying-V plane, could increase fuel efficiency by 20%, greatly reducing emissions.
Every power source involves trade-offs. Given the challenges of increasing demand and climate change, what is the future of energy?
Most “irrecoverable carbon” is concentrated in these tiny bits of the Earth’s land mass. Can we keep it there?
The scientists, not the fossil fuel industry, were right all along. Back in 1990, the world’s top climate scientists convened to put together a report on the state of Earth’s climate. […]
Science can teach us so much about our planet, but something more must compel us to take care of it. If you want to understand our planet, the best way to […]
In 774/775, tree rings show a spike in carbon-14 unlike anything else. At last, scientists think they know why. Every once in a while, science gives us a mystery that comes […]
The Earth is getting warmer, and humans are the cause. This is why. Let’s play pretend for a moment. Pretend, if you can, that you’ve never heard about the idea of […]
Some say it’s more than all of humanity emits in a year. But people say a lot of things. What does the science say? “One volcano puts out more toxic gases — one […]
Even if you have a problem with the messenger, you still need to heed the message. “Whether humans are responsible for the bulk of climate change is going to be left […]
What it means that 2016 is the hottest year on record. “There are now dozens of hockey sticks and the all come to the same basic conclusion. The recent warming does […]