According to the Paris Agreement established in 2015, nations must pursue efforts “to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.” In the fight against climate change, carbon ...

We are also chucking incredible sums of carbon in the form of plastics into landfills and into the environment around (and ...

The technology to capture and bury carbon dioxide has struggled to ramp up and has real limits. But experts say it could play a valuable role. By Brad Plumer and Nadja Popovich World leaders at the ...

Renewable energy sources such as wind and solar are vital tools to help us make cuts to the 36 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases we emit each year. But renewables alone can’t get us to net zero.

Capturing carbon dioxide from the air or industries and recycling it can sound like a win-win climate solution. The greenhouse gas stays out of the atmosphere where it can warm the planet, and it ...

While most conversations about fighting climate change focus on solar panels, wind turbines, or planting trees, one of the ...

Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientist, Charles Seipp, is one of many working to find chemicals that capture carbon dioxide readily and release it with relatively ...

Scientists who were assessing the structure of different types of wood at the microscopic level have discovered a totally new type of wood. This wood is part of tulip trees, which are relatives of ...

Natural rock weathering is a fundamental part of Earth’s carbon cycle but occurs over thousands of years. Enhancing this cycle by spreading fine volcanic rock on agricultural land is a form of ...

The Oilsands Alliance originally promised to capture 68 megatonnes of emissions each year — the largest carbon capture ...