Carbon Capture a Justified ‘$1bn Bet’ Given Possible Returns
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) may have become a gamble for austerity-pressed economies but don’t walk away now, a British academic has...
NASA to Study How African Fires Affect Climate
Climate scientists have received a boost of up to US$150 million from US space agency NASA for a five year campaign to probe how air...
Proposed Project to Soak Up Excess Carbon Into Soil
France is leading a worldwide push to increase the amount of carbon locked in soils through better farming practices. Supporters of an...
Toward Climate-Friendly Cacao Supply Chains
A climate-friendly farming system called carbon insetting is being pushed in Indonesia’s cacao plantations to reduce greenhouse...
Researchers Make Progress on Low-Carbon Aircraft
When Orville Wright traveled to Cleveland for the dedication of the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory in the 1940s, he had already...
Seven Case Studies in Carbon and Climate
Every part of the mosaic of Earth's surface — ocean and land, Arctic and tropics, forest and grassland — absorbs and releases carbon in a...
A Single Gas Well Leak is California's Biggest Contributor to Climate Change
The single biggest contributor to climate change in California is a blown-out natural gas well more than 8,700ft underground, state...
The Future of Australian Coal
Australian environmentalists believe the political climate is changing. They say that last month’s Paris climate summit signaled a shift...
China Won't Approve Any New Coal Mines for Next Three Years
China, the largest coal producer in the world, won’t be approving new mines for the next three years as it grapples with alarming...
Using Technology To Keep Carbon Emissions In Check
The Paris agreement to curb climate change calls for a dramatic shift away from fossil fuels and the greenhouse gasses they emit,...