Vegetation on the planet grew by twice the size of mainland USA due to rising CO2 levels
As CO2 builds up in the atmosphere, this warms the planet, acidifies the ocean and melts glaciers. It also promotes ...
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Trees trade carbon through their roots, using symbiotic fungi networks
A forest's trees capture carbon not only for themselves, but also engage in an active "trade" of sorts with their ...
Renewable plastic made from CO2 and waste agriculture
Making bottles to meet America’s demand for bottled water uses more than 17 million barrels of oil annually, enough to ...
Up to Half of All Fish in the Ocean might get ‘Drunk’ on CO2 by 2100
CO2 interferes with neuroreceptors in the brain of fish, causing them to behave as if drunk. By 2100, fish in ...
NASA shows how much CO2 we really pump into the atmosphere
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have never been higher: the average global CO2 levels have reached the 400 parts ...
CO2 in the atmosphere heralds imminent food chain collapse — and it’s gonna start in the oceans
Bad news for us -- and fish.
CO2 never looked this beautiful: NASA show how greenhouse gases swirl the globe [VIDEO]
NASA released a video that helps us visualize where the major CO2 emission hotspots are and how the greenhouse gas travels and ...
Windowless Plane reduces CO2 Emissions and makes the trip more Enjoyable
An UK design firm is proposing a most daring idea: replace the windows in a plane with super-light smartscreen panel ...
NASA confirms there’s a huge cloud of methane over southwest US
A cloud of methane gas about the size of Delaware was detected over the Four Corners area of the American southwest ...
US navy synthesizes jet fuel solely out of seawater; costs $3-6 gallon
Flying a radio-controlled replica of the historic WWII P-51 Mustang red-tail aircraft—of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen—NRL ...
Man-made greenhouse gas is 7,100 times worse than CO2
Chemists at University of Toronto report a new greenhouse gas has been added to the roster - perfluorotributylamine, or PFTBA. Like ...