Climate change is not simply an environmental problem—it is a planetary transition. We will survive only if we rapidly evolve to create new forms of civilization.
Creatures that can’t smell food are in trouble, and they are even worse off if they can’t scent danger.
Scientists may be one step nearer to the dream solution to low-carbon energy if they can suck carbon dioxide from the air and convert it directly into gasoline, diesel or jet fuel.
They absorb harmful carbon dioxide, turning it into stone.
A worldwide improvement in emissions is possible if governments adopt the highest energy efficiency standards for lighting and household appliances, researchers say.
Global carbon dioxide emissions increased 2 percent in 2017, after having been flat in 2014-16, and China and the developing countries were the reason for the increase.
It’s not too late to avert environmental catastrophe, but we must act fast or risk human extinction.
As a source of electricity, coal use has fallen 85 percent in just five years, and the government plans to get rid of it entirely by 2025.
The more acidic our oceans become, the harder it is for sea life to survive. As sea life dies off, entire ecosystems will begin to collapse, resulting in other ecosystems collapsing.
Engineering the climate to help reverse 200 years of human-induced warming is back on the scientific agenda.
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