carbon dioxide

Contrails, those white lines that form behind airplanes in certain atmospheric conditions, can have a significant climate impact. The good news? They can be avoided.

According to reporting from Sarah Kaplan at the Washington Post, carbon dioxide pollution is causing crops to lose nutrients. “Everything from really essential staples, like rice and wheat and soybeans,” said Kaplan, “to lettuce, potatoes, sweet peppers, and canola.”

“SUV” used to be synonymous with “gas guzzling.” But new EPA data shows that small SUVs as a category are now more efficient and less polluting than sedans.

Recent research finds that higher tariffs on dirtier imports could reduce carbon emissions.

The giant U.S. oil and gas company is paying over $1 billion for a carbon-capture tech firm.

One company says it can make sustainable aviation fuel using beets, sugar cane and forestry waste.

The war in Ukraine and the sharp hike in the price of natural gas has sent the cost of C02, a vital industrial chemical, soaring in Europe.

Lower pH water, caused by higher carbon dioxide emissions, can kill baby oysters as they fight for minerals to grow their shells.

Pound for pound, it’s 28 times better at trapping atmospheric heat than CO2.

Capturing carbon is expensive, so most brewers usually just release the gas into the atmosphere. That’s changing during the pandemic.