New breakwater designs and more sustainable materials can cut the carbon cost of coastal defences by 40%.
Rising temperatures mean longer, earlier pollen seasons, but the bigger problem is what carbon dioxide will do to the amount of pollen being released. A 200% increase is possible this century.
Plan to cut emissions quickly, use offsets sparingly and set broader goals for improving society.
Using machines to pull CO2 from the air could help as the world tries to slow climate change. Klaus Lackner is developing new ways to cut its high costs and energy demand.
Klaus Lackner is finding new ways to cut the technology’s high costs and energy demand, and he’s about to launch the first ‘mechanical tree.’
Pollution from more frequent floods and wildfires – exacerbated by the warming climate – is threatening human health and poses particular risks to the brain.
The global shipping sector delivers 90% of global trade and has a carbon footprint the size of Germany’s.
Take a closer look at what’s driving climate change and how scientists know CO2 is involved, in a series of charts examining the evidence in different ways.
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