On the other hand, adding similar amounts of CO2 (while not favorable) has a less obvious impact because there is already so much naturally-occuring CO2 in the atmosphere absorbing heat.

The European Commission on Wednesday proposed an EU climate target for 2040 that for the first time will allow countries to ...

Contrary to claims online, the use of carbon dioxide (CO2) supplementation, a practice that consists of adding CO2 to a greenhouse to enhance photosynthesis and boost plant growth, is not evidence ...

A study of fossils from the Permian-Triassic extinction event 252 million years ago shows that forests in many parts of the ...

Carbon dioxide levels in Earth's atmosphere are at their highest point in human history, a study released in early December reports. In fact, according to the study, it has been about 14 million ...

&EN senior editor Craig Bettenhausen reports from New York City, visiting the climate chemistry start-ups Aircela, which is ...

No. Carbon dioxide and other climate warming greenhouse gases are not like ordinary air pollution. Since January the administration has been working to make it harder to study climate change and to ...

The "alarming pace" of increasing greenhouse gas emissions was observed the same year that the planet had one of its warmest years on record.

Since the start of the industrial revolution, mankind has been burning fossil fuel (coal, oil, etc.) and adding its carbon to the atmosphere as carbon dioxide. In 50 years or so this process, says ...

Fossil fuels aren’t the only source of carbon dioxide. The extraordinary forest fires that have charred Canada, Europe and Chile over the past year are also adding CO2 into the atmosphere.

It’s morning, and you wake up on a comfortable foam mattress made partly from greenhouse gas. You pull on a T-shirt and sneakers manufactured using carbon dioxide pulled from factory emissions ...

Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere reached record highs in 2023, the U.N. warned, with countries falling "miles short" of what is needed to curb devastating global warming.