There’s folk wisdom in just about every culture that teaches about renewable energy — things like “make hay while the sun ...

A new copper-magnesium-iron catalyst transforms CO2 into CO at low temperatures with record-breaking efficiency and stability. The discovery paves the way for affordable, scalable production of carbon ...

GENEVA (AP) — Heat-trapping carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere jumped by the highest amount on record last year, soaring to a level not seen in human civilization and "turbo-charging" the Earth's ...

The award-winning science writer Peter Brannen makes the case for an often vilified compound in “The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything.” By Jaime Green Jaime Green is the author of “The ...

Scientists have developed a material with photosynthetic bacteria that convert carbon dioxide into a mineral skeleton. The material hardens over time, so it could be used for buildings, they say. When ...

Earth’s atmosphere now has more carbon dioxide in it than it has in millions — and possibly tens of millions — of years, according to data released Thursday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

CO2 is a natural part of the planet, but too much has tipped the climate scales. Carbon dioxide may be a naturally occurring substance on Earth, but too much of its presence has contributed to global ...

The latest anomaly in the climate system that can’t be fully explained by researchers is a record annual jump in the global mean concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere measured in 2024. The ...

REYKJAVIK, ICELAND - MAY 24: In this aerial view, the Mammoth carbon removal plant, considered the largest direct-air capture plant in the world is seen on May 24, 2024 in Reykjavik, Iceland. The ...

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A typical large tree can suck as much as 40 kilograms of carbon dioxide out of the air over the course of a year. Now scientists at UC Berkeley say they can do the same job with less than half a pound ...

Missions to the moon or Mars could get more sustainable life support from a chemical reaction that turns the carbon dioxide exhaled by astronauts into carbon nanotubes and water – which is then ...