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Building emission cuts in NYC could inspire cities worldwide
New York's skyscrapers and buildings are responsible for almost 70% of the city’s climate pollution.
Arctic’s ‘thermokarst’ lakes may spike methane, CO2 release
Climate scientists are underestimating the methane released from the Arctic permafrost, according to new research from U.S. and German scientists who warn that “abrupt thawing,” a less-understood feature of Arctic melting, may dramatically increase the greenhouse gases released into the
CO2 emissions may turn the planet into ‘Hothouse Earth’
We may be about to turn our planet into “Hothouse Earth,” scientists say, and the results won’t be pretty. Ice sheets at the poles will melt, causing rising sea levels to inundate low-lying coastal areas. Aridity will increase across much
High-tech CityTrees suck up air pollution
The air in bustling towns and cities tend to be polluted all year round. Countless vehicles keep spewing harmful particulate matters into the air, creating a lingering miasma of pollutants. Imagine, though, if we could somehow devise a method that
We’re creating a climate not seen since dinosaurs ruled
Fans of dinosaurs are familiar with the Triassic period. It ran for around 50 million years from a mass extinction of species at the end of the Permian until the dawn of the Jurassic some 200 million years ago. The Triassic featured some
Scientists: our carbon emissions are changing the seasons
When it comes to the planetary scale, we may seem like puny creatures individually. Yet collectively we have awesome powers over the Earth, for better or worse. Not only are we driving countless species ever closer to the edge of