A new, biomass-based material can be used to repeatedly capture and release carbon dioxide. The material is primarily made from lignin, an organic molecule that is a main component of wood and other ...

If the world is to stand a fighting chance of sticking to the ambitious goals for limiting atmospheric levels of greenhouse gases set out in 2016’s Paris Agreement, it won’t be enough to just reduce ...

The CO2-filled air in busy classrooms at Boston University was recently put to good use—as fertilizer for a rooftop garden, as part of a scientific study. Researchers repurposed the CO2 coming from a ...

For years, scientists have seen enhanced photosynthesis as one of the only possible bright sides of increasing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2)—since plants use carbon dioxide for ...

One of the world’s largest plants built to remove carbon dioxide from the air in the struggle to lessen the impacts of climate change is operating in Adams County. Global Thermostat, the facility’s ...

And one of those big ideas was looking at how our world functions: Where does the energy come from that keeps most living things on earth alive? How is that energy converted to a form we can use? The ...

Find out more about our Reverse Course series here. At the United Nations climate summit in Dubai, more than 100 countries support a plan to triple renewable energy by 2030. But it won’t be enough to ...