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The 0.1% Are Using Private Jets Like Ubers and It’s Costing the Planet

Private jet emissions soared by 50% in four years, driven by leisure trips and the ultra-rich.

Finally, green concrete? New mixture sequesters CO2 while producing strong, durable concrete

New method captures CO2 while enhancing concrete strength.

Sunlight could turn CO2 into useful, everyday products

A computational model found that UV light can kickstart the reduction of CO2, which can then be converted into useful products like drugs, polymers, and even furniture.

Atmospheric carbon levels are now 50% higher than pre-industrial times

The rate of accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is simply staggering.

A process that converts pollution into valuable materials is one step closer to being feasible

With this, we're well on the way to turning smokestacks into stacks of cash.

In Iceland, CO2 is sucked out of the air and turned into rock

The project, while innovative, is unlikely to save us from climate change.

A new study says it's time to start recycling anesthetics

What a time to be alive.

Atmospheric CO2 levels this year could reach 150% of those before the Industrial Revolution

Seriously guys we can’t risk things so soon after 2020.

Wetter, warmer soils will intensify climate change

Warmer, wetter tropical soil increases microbial activity -- which belch out CO2.

Wooden buildings could help stabilize the climate

It all depends on where we get the timber, though.

More atmospheric CO2 could reduce cognitive ability, especially in children

Students could see a 50% decline in cognitive capacity by 2100 if CO2 emissions don't drop.

Carbon emission growth rates go down, overall emissions reach record highs (again)

"When the good news is that emissions growth is slower than last year, we need help," the researchers explain.

New capture technology scrubs atmospheric CO2 on the cheap

Saving money and saving the environment are my two favorite things.

New material selectively captured CO2 molecules and turns them into useful products

Propeller-shaped molecules trap CO2, which can then be used to manufacture useful organic materials.

Mosquitoes hunt first by smell, then by eyesight

They track the CO2 you breathe out.

The Earth has room for a trillion more trees -- which might be our best bet against climate change

A new study shows that there's still plenty of room for almost a billion hectares of forest.

The military is the largest emitter in the US Gov't -- in fact, it's the world 55th largest polluter

War isn't clean, it would seem.

May 2019 sets new record for highest average atmospheric CO2 levels in history

Please, tell me again how this has nothing to do with emissions.

New method of CO2 capture is cheaper, more effective, and "a key step toward closing the carbon loop"

This process might finally allow for commercially-viable CO2 recycling.

Researchers create fuel from water, CO2, and artificial photosynthesis

The technology isn't yet ready for the market -- but it's not far off, either.

One research team proposes swapping atmospheric methane for CO2, and it might be a good idea

It's not the best solution, but it could help.

Atmospheric CO2 reaches record 415ppm -- the highest it's been in millions of years

Not the kind of record we want.

Iceland researchers trap CO2 into rocks -- but there's a catch

This could be a big part of the battle against climate change.

New paper proposes we use air conditioners to make fuel out of thin air

Feasible or not, it's still an interesting idea.

Climate change may make the oceans belch out CO2, study warns

Oh, how the waters have turned.

New process could capture CO2 and make it coal again

"Poetic justice" comes to mind.

New design hotfix could make artificial leaves better than actual leaves

I can hardly beleaf it!

Atmospheric greenhouse gas levels hit new record. Just like in 2017… and 2016

We're really good at setting bad standards.

Researchers hack corn to grow fatter and absorb more carbon dioxide

Feed me corn!

Rice is losing its nutritional value due to rising CO2 levels

Rice is losing proteins, vitamins, and minerals due to rising CO2 in the atmosphere.

Trump Administration shuts down CO2 monitoring program, as greenhouse gas levels skyrocket

It's a damn shame.

Average atmospheric CO2 levels last month were the highest we've ever recorded, ever

Yikes.

How Roman priests walked through the "Gates to Hell" -- and came back

Modern science explains how an ancient ritual worked.

Every other summer expected to break heat records by 2030

By 2050, virtually every summer will be hotter than anything we've experienced to date.

After three flat-line years, global carbon emissions are back on the rise

A sign that far more ambitious action is required in order to avoid runaway climate change.

There hasn't been this much CO2 in the air in 3 million years. We have to stop, UN warns

Uh-oh.

Coal formation sucked so much CO2 out of the atmosphere that Earth nearly froze over 300 million years ago

"It is quite an irony that forming the coal that today is a major factor for dangerous global warming once almost lead to global glaciation," the author said.

Trump Forest wants to compensate for the POTUS' climate policy by planting 100 new billion trees

Nope, it's not Trump's idea.

Do volcanoes really emit more CO2 than humans?

Volcanoes emit a significant amount of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, but nowhere near what humans emit.

Scientists call out Pruitt's false view of climate change

These "alternative facts" go against 150 years of research.

The forests won't fix our CO2 problem -- in fact, they'll scrub less than we assumed

Humanity gives with one hand and takes with the other. We just take a lot more than we give.

Scientists are trapping more and more CO2 into volcanic basalt

Storing CO2 underground might be one pivotal for our climate future.

Cheap catalyst reverses combustion and turns CO2 into ethanol fuel

And its discovery happened by accident, too.

'We won't ever see a month below 400ppm,' said NASA’s chief climate scientist

We'll have some explaining to do when our kids grow up.

Global warming causes plants and soils to 'burp' more CO2

A long-standing assumption that as the planet warms, the biosphere releases more CO2 in a positive feedback loop was confirmed by researchers.

Fastest global emissions rate ever means CO2 levels will never fall below 400ppm in our lifetimes

2016 will go in history as the first year carbon emission stay above 400ppm all year round. I don't think anyone's proud about this.

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 plant growth -- after all, that's why it's called the "greenhouse gas effect". A huge collaborative effort spanning 32 authors from 24 institutions in eight countries found that in the last 33 years the area occupied by vegetation has significantly increased.

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 neighbors, a new study found. University of Basel botanists found that this process, conducted by symbiotic fungi in the forest's soil, takes place even among trees of different species.

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 fuel 1.3 million cars for a year. Instead of petroleum, Stanford researchers have found a creative way to make plastic for bottles sourced from CO2 and inedible plants like waste agriculture or grasses.

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 half of the world's water might be intoxicated in this way.