carbon dioxide

The Earth is saving our asses right now by sucking up a large hunk of humanity’s carbon pollution. But we may not be…

For the past few weeks, the COVID Tracking Project’s graphs have haunted my Twitter feed with growing regularity. If…

Picture bogs swarming with plant-life, oceans teeming with life, dinosaurs roaming the Earth. Picture those plants…

We know the planet is getting hot. Just how hot it will get is one of the biggest questions of the 21st century,…

It happens every year, but it doesn’t make it any less shocking: Humanity has once again set a new high-water mark…

MAUNA LOA OBSERVATORY, HAWAII—There are just a few moments from my past that, having left an indelible mark on my…

In the pantheon of companies that have destroyed the climate, ExxonMobil has long sat on the throne. It’s spread…

Carbon dioxide. We should stop emitting it.

We’re not even through the first month of 2020, and we already broke the record for the day with the most carbon…

Climate change is ruining our air quality and contributing to a public health catastrophe. But there’s more.…

World leaders have wasted a ton of valuable time not pursuing climate action—so much that our only hope now is…

We’re long past the era of having nice things, and that’s doubly true when it comes to the climate. So it’s fitting…

Trees are good for all sorts of things, like providing shade for picnics and habitat for animals. But they’re also a…

Jingoistic nationalism and promoting fossil fuels go hand in hand for the Trump administration. But the Department…

Atmospheric carbon dioxide sets a new record every year. This year’s cracked the ominous milestone of 415 parts per…

It’s a foregone conclusion that as long as the world keeps emitting carbon dioxide, we’ll keep setting records for…

“Decarbonize the buildings” may be among the least sexy phrases ever written. But it’s a wildly important thing to…

On Tuesday, Microsoft announced some major updates to its sustainability commitments. The company said it would…

Humans have pushed atmospheric carbon dioxide to heights unseen in our short (geologically speaking) existence. But…

An ice cream delivery driver smashed the window of his car with a rock early Friday morning last week after seeing…