Greenhouse effect
Our atmosphere traps some of solar radiation as a greenhouse, which increases the planet's temperature
Our atmosphere traps some of solar radiation as a greenhouse, which increases the planet's temperature
Photosynthesis acts on the regrowth of trees.Trees absorb CO2 and release more than 50% of the amount absorbed.
Seth Borenstein
Jonathan Watts
Money will be invested in building transport systems that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Some 32 social scientists and researchers from around the world, including a Senior Sustainability Scholar at Arizona State University, have concluded that fundamental reforms of global environmental governance are needed to avoid dangerous changes in the Earth system.
Richard Black
An eminent UK engineer is suggesting building cloud-whitening towers in the Faroe Islands as a "technical fix" for warming across the Arctic.Scientists told UK MPs this week that the possibility of a major methane release triggered by melting Arctic ice constitutes a "planetary emerge
Fiona Harvey
OECD report says pollution will become biggest cause of premature death, killing an estimated 3.6 million people a year by 2050
Brian Vastag
With global efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions stalled, the United States and five other countries are starting a new program to cut other pollutants — including methane, soot and hydrofluorocarbons — that contribute to global warming.
Global carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels have increased by 49 per cent in the last two decades, according to the latest figures by an international team, including researchers at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia.