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Image of an illegally deforested area on Pirititi Indigenous lands.
Climate Change
The Amazon rainforest is likely adding to global warming, says a new study
Two trees are covered in instruments strapped to their bases
The Amazon's carbon tipping point
The Amazon used to be a hedge against climate change. Those days may be over.
Smokestack and trees
Environment
As global carbon dioxide levels climb, plants are becoming better at photosynthesis
A combination picture shows the coal-fired Castle Gate Power Plant
Environment
Trump is ending Obama-era emissions cuts. How will CO2 emissions change?
More than 30,000 people traveled to the UN's COP21 climate summit in Paris last month from aroudn the world. The UN set up a website where attendees could offset the carbon footprint of their travel.
Environment
People who traveled to the Paris climate summit can offset their carbon emissions — but it isn’t easy
Justin Trudeau
Environment
How a new prime minister will reshape Canada’s environmental policies
Exxon tanker
Environment
Exxon helped pioneer climate science — then disavowed its own research. Was it a crime?
Trees and other green plants are nature's tools for sucking CO2 out of the air, but scientists say there aren't nearly enough trees to remove all the waste gas we've put into the atmosphere. So some are trying to create new devices that work like trees —
Environment
Is an artificial tree part of the solution to climate change? These guys think so.
A bank of this lake thawed in the Gates of the Arctic National Park in Alaska, allowing the Okokmilaga River to cut through and drain it to sea.
Environment
Earth’s biggest natural fridge is turning into a greenhouse gas machine
The Houston Ship Channel stretches 52 miles from the Gulf of Mexico to the city of Houston. Sea levels have risen 2.2 feet over the last century at Galveston, the main barrier island protecting the Ship Channel from a big storm.
Environment
The ‘Texas miracle’ is fueling huge economic growth — and the climate change that may end it
Skyonic Capitol SkyMine
Environment
Companies are finding ways to turn industry-generated CO2 into a profitable business
The European Space Agency’s Earth Explorer CryoSat makes precise measurements of changes in the thickness of marine ice floating in the polar oceans, as well as variations in the thickness of the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica.
Environment
On a long downward slide, scientists say 2013 was an up year for Arctic Ice
Environment
A thawing ocean floor pours methane into the atmosphere — and it’s only getting worse
coal barge
Environment
Fukushima is casting a shadow on Japan and the Warsaw climate meeting
Cooling with CO2
Environment
Environmentalists call for greater attention to methane leaks, to fight climate change
Environment
VIDEO: Research suggests oceans rapidly becoming more acidic
Environment
Rwanda turning to a dangerous lake to secure a more independent energy future
Environment
Climate change creates wildfires, wildfires create climate change
Business, Economics and Jobs
Combating climate change by storing CO2 underground
Environment
Australia Lab to Simulate Climate Changes
Health & Medicine
Rwanda Lake Poses Gas Danger, Energy Promise
Amazon Forest as a Source of Carbon Dioxide
Huge Methane Emissions from Fresh Water
Plants & Ozone
CFC-Free AC
Problems With Promising CFC Substitute
CFC-Free AC
Amazon Forest as a Source of Carbon Dioxide
Huge Methane Emissions from Fresh Water
Carbon Saturated Ocean
Forest Salvation
CO2-Eating Rocks
Arctic Methane
Acid Oceans
Max Capacity
Climate Contest
CO2 Spike Leaves Scientists Concerned
Emerging Science Note/Changing Forests
Emerging Science Note/Changing Forests
Natural Gas on the Rise
Biz Note: Canning CO2