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Melting Arctic Ice Caps Release Carbon

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Using Nature to Heal Nature

Rachel Reeves / Truthdig Oct 3, 2023 A startup wants to store plants in the bottom of the Black Sea to save humanity from its carbon footprint. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Environment

Climate Change Means Greener Oceans

Lyric Aquino / Grist Jul 18, 2023 Over the last 20 years, more than half of the planet's oceans experienced color change. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Paris Agreement Is Too Little, Too Late, Scientists Say

Alex Kirby / Climate News Network Jan 23, 2020 Carbon dioxide is found to be more potent than previously thought, meaning that global goals to cut greenhouse gases may be unattainable. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Greta Thunberg Is Just Getting Warmed Up

Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan / Democracy Now! Sep 19, 2019 Ahead of this week's climate strike, the 16-year-old activist warns the powers that be, "change is coming, whether you like it or not." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Climate Crisis Is Coming for Your Food

Juan Cole / Truthdig Aug 9, 2019 A new report from the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change finds desertification is destroying the very soil that feeds us. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Acid Oceans May Trigger Mass Extinction

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Jul 23, 2019 Once levels of dissolved carbon dioxide in the oceans reach a certain threshold, life undergoes dramatic and catastrophic change. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

A New Way to Slash CO2 Emissions

Gaye Taylor / Climate News Network May 19, 2019 U.S. entrepreneurs say a new technique can achieve big cuts in atmospheric carbon. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Earth Just Eclipsed a Terrifying Threshold

klem@s / Flickr May 13, 2019 New research finds more than 400 parts of C02 per million in the atmosphere—the most since the Pliocene era several million years ago. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Carbon Dioxide Levels Just Broke a 3-Million-Year-Old Record

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Apr 10, 2019 The world is about to surpass a temperature peak that is simply unprecedented on a human time scale. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Reusing Greenhouse Gases to Power the World

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Feb 10, 2019 Laboratories can make energy from greenhouse gases, power smartphones with their own radiation, and cut shipping costs naturally. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

2 Reasons 2019 Could Be the Planet’s Worst Year Yet

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Feb 4, 2019 Here comes another dismal science forecast, with human carbon emissions due to rise this year. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )