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WATCH: A NASA animation shows gigantic plumes of carbon dioxide emissions swirling over India
It’s one thing to read about climate change and carbon emissions in an article, and quite another t…
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How 5G technology is helping curb carbon emissions and waste at the Paris Games
Historically, the Olympic Games have hurt host cities' environments. 5G technology, which requires …
Chris Stokel-Walker
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A new carbon removal plant will absorb carbon dioxide 99,000 times faster than Earth's oceans
Cutting greenhouse gas emissions isn't enough. We have to start sucking CO2 from the atmosphere and…
Ellyn Lapointe,Jessica Orwig
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A leading carbon target arbiter has come into fire after ruling to allow carbon offsets — what's the big deal?
The Science Based Targets initiative, revered for its role in setting rigorous climate targets for …
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Exposure to coal power plant emissions may be twice as dangerous than previously thought, study finds
Coal burning creates copious amounts of sulphur dioxide, a fine particulate matter (PM2.5) that sus…
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The carbon budget to limit global warming to 1.5°C might be exhausted in just six years, shocking study finds
To have a 50% chance of constraining warming to 1.5°C, the world is left with less than 250 gigaton…
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The Earth's mangroves could end up emitting 500 times more carbon by the end of the century, study warns
Despite covering a mere 0.1% of Earth's surface, mangrove forests play a critical role in regulatin…
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An 'ice-free' summer awaits the Arctic within ten years, study finds!
Although Arctic ice has been steadily diminishing over the past fifty years, the most dramatic decl…
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Planting trees and bushes along highways can significantly cut local motor pollution levels, study finds
It is common to see plants at Indian traffic medians wilting away for lack of care, or even destroy…
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Did we overestimate the benefits of planting trees to fight climate change? A new study says yes
While planting trees certainly helps, there are a ton of usually uncounted things that prevent it f…
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Wetlands in the icy Arctic have begun releasing 9% more planet-warming methane in the past two decades: study
While headlines may remain fixated on carbon dioxide, there is another accomplice aiding the gas in…
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Tata Steel launches carbon bank to make CO2 a future value-creating asset
Private steel major Tata Steel recently launched a carbon bank, a virtual repository through which …
PTI
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Adani Power undertakes green ammonia combustion pilot project at Mundra plant
As the world leaders converge in the UAE for the COP28 this week to chalk out strategies for climat…
ANI
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Richer nations are unfairly eating away at the carbon budget, not leaving room for developing countries like India: study
Developed countries are projected to collectively emit approximately 3.7 gigatonnes of extra carbon…
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Are solar panels better for climate change mitigation than the creation of forests?
Forests sequester carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, gradually removing the greenhouse gas over ti…
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Many companies are looking into carbon dioxide removal to achieve their net zero emission targets. But will it help?
Many companies, such as Microsoft, are moving towards such carbon capture technologies to minimise …
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May heat wave in India 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer than warmest heat wave
"The temperature changes show that similar events produce temperatures in the present climate…
PTI
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North America's largest steel mill has a plan to reduce emissions and it's a perfect example of why carbon capture is so controversial
US Steel said it can cut carbon emissions by about 0.5% a year by 2026 using carbon capture technol…
Catherine Boudreau
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55% of Indian large rice fields could face yield loss due to high carbon dioxide content in the atmosphere
The study revealed that long-term presence of CO2 impoverishes the soil of phosphorous. Phosphorus,…
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We used to think rocks helped scrub carbon from the atmosphere, but they might be a big source of emissions instead!
The previously held notion was that after precipitation, the rainwater — being a weak acid — would …