James Dyke is an associate professor of earth system science and assistant director of the Global Systems Institute at the University of Exeter in England. As complex as the climate system is, its ...

Lava rubble at the bottom of the sea is acting like a giant "sponge" for carbon dioxide, ancient cores reveal. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

A joint research team has developed a highly efficient photocatalyst that can convert carbon dioxide into the high-value-added fuel, methane, using sunlight, while explaining its operating principles.

A crowd of people take part in a climate strike protest. (Mika Baumeister / Unsplash) For more than half a century, from a remote monitoring station atop Hawaii’s dormant volcano Mauna Kea, the ...

China has launched the world’s first carbon dioxide–based power generator, using supercritical CO2 instead of steam to produce electricity with over 50% efficiency. The system harnesses industrial ...

But there are signs that greenhouse gas pollution in China might be slowing, according to a new analysis. By Brad Plumer Reporting from Belém, Brazil Global fossil fuel emissions are on track to soar ...

KEEP AN EYE ON THAT. A QUICK CLARIFICATION THIS MORNING. ALBIA JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH IS GOING VIRTUAL TODAY AFTER A STAFF MEMBER SHOWED SIGNS OF CARBON DIOXIDE EXPOSURE. THE SCHOOL LET OUT EARLY FRIDAY ...

Companies have still drawn down only enough CO2 to cancel out a few hours of US emissions. Here’s what it will take to really scale up the sector. MIT Technology Review’s What’s Next series looks ...

Researchers studied rainforests in northeastern Australia. These wet rainforests are very dense, and their canopies help cool down their ecosystems and store large amounts of carbon. Robert Linsdell ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Growth rates of carbon dioxide have tripled since the 1960s, ...

The increase in the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere last year was the biggest ever recorded, the United Nations said Wednesday, calling for urgent action to slash emissions. Levels of the ...