How the end of carbon capture could spark a new industrial revolution

The Trump administration is pulling back billions of dollars in industrial development money for carbon capture and storage projects. That may force industries to actually cut emissions instead.

Andres Clarens, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Virginia • conversation
June 23, 2025 ~10 min

Lawsuits seeking to address climate change have promise but face uncertain future

In the battle to slow climate change, local and state governments, as well as citizens, have taken to the courts. Their results have varied, but the cases keep coming.

Hannah Wiseman, Professor of Law, Penn State • conversation
April 18, 2025 ~11 min


Suffocating seas: low oxygen levels emerging as third major threat to tropical coral reefs

‘The kind of hypoxic stress response we saw in our experiment could go under the radar.’

Maggie D. Johnson, Assistant Professor of Marine Science, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology • conversation
Jan. 28, 2025 ~8 min

Climate change is making plants less nutritious − that could already be hurting animals that are grazers

Rising carbon dioxide levels in the air are making plants grow larger and faster, but diluting their nutritional content. This could threaten the health of herbivores worldwide.

Ellen Welti, Research Ecologist, Great Plains Science Program, Smithsonian Institution • conversation
Dec. 20, 2024 ~9 min

Scientific models trust the land to soak up lots of CO₂ – the reality is a lot more messy

Removing enough carbon to offset emissions would require vast tracts of inhabited land.

Kate Dooley, Research Fellow, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne • conversation
Nov. 13, 2024 ~8 min

A distant planet seems to have a sulphur-rich atmosphere, hinting at alien volcanoes

Astronomers have detected possible signs of gases released by volcanic activity.

Agnibha Banerjee, PhD Student, The Open University • conversation
Nov. 11, 2024 ~6 min

How we discovered a new type of wood - and how it could help fight climate change

Tulip trees were long renowned for their carbon storage. Their unique wood may be responsible.

Jan Łyczakowski, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Plant Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University • conversation
Sept. 9, 2024 ~7 min

We pumped extra CO₂ into an oak forest and discovered trees will be ‘woodier’ in future

But this is no long-term solution for storing carbon.

Richard Norby, Research Professor, University of Tennessee Knoxville, and Honorary Professor, Birmingham Institute of Forest Research, University of Birmingham • conversation
Aug. 13, 2024 ~6 min


Forests destroyed by wildfires emit carbon long after the flames die – new study

Carbon loosed by a 2018 fire season in Sweden could take 40 years to return to trees and soil.

Julia Kelly, Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Environmental and Climate Science, Lund University • conversation
Aug. 5, 2024 ~7 min

Female mosquitoes rely on one another to choose the best breeding sites − and with the arrival of spring, they’re already on the hunt

Female mosquitoes don’t want to lay their eggs alone, but they don’t want sites that are too crowded either. Understanding what guides their choice could inform new control strategies.

Matthew DeGennaro, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, Florida International University • conversation
March 19, 2024 ~8 min

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