Chemically, carbon dioxide is incredibly simple—it is just one carbon atom linked with two oxygen atoms. Together they create a colorless gas that makes up just a tiny fraction of the Earth's ...

Central to our plans to combat climate change is the principle that emitting carbon dioxide should come at a price. It’s an idea that comes in a variety of flavours. One increasingly popular option is ...

David Kuchta, Ph.D. has 10 years of experience in gardening and has read widely in environmental history and the energy transition. An environmental activist since the 1970s, he is also a historian, ...

Carbon credits enable entities to emit set amounts of greenhouse gases. Markets are voluntary, yet future laws might mandate credits for certain sectors. Investing in carbon credits could grow due to ...

The gas is an essential part of life on Earth—but right now we have too much of a good thing. Cineca in Bologna, Italy, is a computing center with one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe.

Governments are committing to net zero. Sustainable products are being sold to you on Instagram. Banks are pushing E.S.G.s. As climate change gets worse, it seems like everyone wants you to know that ...

Running cloud applications in datacenters that generate the least carbon footprint (carbon dioxide). Carbon aware computing means running applications in facilities around the world, potentially based ...

The cost to halt global warming has been pegged at between $300 billion and $50 trillion over the next 20 years—a big range because experts disagree on the best strategies. Additionally, many methods ...