Countries have set targets for reducing carbon dioxide (CO2), but not removal. In a new paper published on 8 June in Nature Climate Change, Pozo and colleagues argue that CO2
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The world’s forests are much shorter and younger, on average, than they were a century ago, according to the findings of a new global study published 28 May in Science
In summer, parts of Antarctica are turning bright green as algae bloom across the surface of the melting snow. Now, scientists have created the first large-scale map of microscopic algae
In a perspective published on 8 May in Science, Prof Karen Holl and Prof Pedro Brancalion argue that planting trees is not a simple solution to climate change and should
For at least 6,000 years, the vast majority of humans have thrived in a relatively small ‘climate niche’. Global warming is shrinking the areas considered ideal for human health and
As the epidemic of Covid-19 reaches its peak and slowly recedes, the media, the politicians, and the intellectuals are actively sharing their thoughts about the post-Covid future. Some are active
Last month, an ambitious project began in Australia to save the Great Barrier Reef from further bleaching due to global warming. By using harmless salt crystals to boost a naturally
Tropical forests are rapidly losing their ability to absorb carbon from the atmosphere, according to a new study published on 4 March in Nature (1). The new findings suggest the
Human-made global warming is a well-established fact based on inescapable scientific evidence accumulated over many years. Denying it is equivalent to denying evolution. Thus, scientists in their immense majority agree
As soon as the slightest criticism is made of the popular orthodoxy of beliefs about the climate, its author will systematically be designated a denier. If, in addition, that criticism