David Schechter serves as CBS News National Environmental Correspondent, delivering in-depth reporting on the human impacts of our changing environment and climate. Senior Coordinating Producer of ...

It’s hard to miss the headliners at Kew Gardens. The botanical collection in London is home to towering redwoods and giant Amazonian water lilies capable of holding up a small child. Each spring, its ...

Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Global Monitoring Laboratory The chart shows monthly numbers of carbon dioxide molecules per million molecules of dry air. Because of seasonal ...

Storing captured climate pollution is a crucial and often overlooked piece of the puzzle. This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox ...

The amount of planet-warming carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere has hit a new record, as humanity struggles to rein in emissions of greenhouse gasses from burning fossil fuels. The new record ...

As global temperatures rise and the carbon budget for 1.5°C rapidly shrinks, carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is no longer optional—it is a necessary complement to aggressive emissions cuts. The IPCC ...

The yellow powder is a type of compound known as a “covalent organic framework,” or COF. Zihui Zhou, UC Berkeley Increasing concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have caused intense ...

Industrial development of COFs is not as advanced, but companies involved with MOFs are keeping an eye on them. Ben Hernandez, the CEO of Numat Technologies, which has been developing MOFs for ...

CO2 is a natural part of the planet, but too much has tipped the climate scales. Carbon dioxide may be a naturally occurring substance on Earth, but too much of its presence has contributed to global ...