Scientists Engineer Extreme Microorganisms To Make Fuel From Atmospheric...
Science A University of Georgia team tinkered with the genes of Pyrococcus furiosus, and the new breed is hungry for the smoggy stuff. To find a way of fending off global warming, scientists sometimes...
View ArticleFlying Further To Avoid Contrails Might Help With Global Warming
Science Avoiding routes where condensation clouds form behind airplanes could reduce aviation's climate impacts Greenhouse gas pollution from jet aircraft comes mainly in two forms: carbon dioxide...
View Article'State Of The Climate' Report: Continued Disruption
Science NOAA's global update is out today. The cover image of "State of the Climate in 2013," makes the impact of the report, which was released today, clear. Taken in late November on the island of...
View ArticleAverage Level Of Carbon Dioxide In The Atmosphere Hits Record High
Environment 400 parts per million The global average of carbon dioxide in the air just reached a new high of 400 parts per million (ppm), which is a new low for us humans. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a...
View ArticleFighting A Case Of Really Bad Gas
Nexus Media News Among global warming’s cast of characters, these two stand out. HFC-134a is short for hydrofluorocarbon. Like CO2, he belongs to the band of baddies. Mercifully, HFC-134a does not...
View ArticleCement might not be as bad for the planet as we thought
Nexus Media News Three new studies show promise for carbon capture. If humanity is to keep warming below 2º C — considered to be the upper limit of manageable climate change — we need to do more than...
View ArticleSix irrefutable pieces of evidence that prove climate change is real
Environment Here's everything you need to know Need proof that climate change is real, and caused by human emissions? Read on.
View ArticleHow we know that climate change is happening—and that humans are causing it
Environment It's a matter of how, not if How can we know if the climate is really changing? And does it really present the kinds of threats that have now become a familiar, but jarring, refrain? Read on.
View ArticleYes, 50 million years ago the earth was hotter. Here's why climate change is...
Environment We've got 99 problems and CO2 is number one A combination of more CO2 and a hotter sun means the Earth is in for unprecedented warming—and humans are along for the ride. Read on:…
View Article'Record-setting' doesn't do our CO2 levels justice. This chart does.
Environment There’s more carbon in the atmosphere now than there was before the dawn of mankind. We’re officially living on a planet with an atmosphere no previous human being has ever experienced....
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