Groundwater exploitation linked to rise in India's carbon emissions: study

Billions of liters of groundwater pumped out contributes to carbon emissions in 2 ways - emissions released due to pumps and carbon dioxide …

‘The Earth is revealing the carbon cycle to modern science’

Balz S Kamber speaks to Down To Earth about the effect of anthropogenic emissions on the global carbon cycle

Making of a carbon-neutral community in Kerala

A pilot project in Kerala’s Wayanad district could be a model for the rest of the country

Extreme droughts weaken trees' ability to soak up carbon

Forests take longer than expected to rebound from droughts, diminishing their role as global carbon sinks

World has already breached carbon emission threshold

Even as nations commit to reduce carbon emissions, global carbon dioxide levels have gone past the safe limit of 350 parts per million and …

The world's carbon stores are going up in smoke with vanishing wilderness

The world has lost 10 per cent of its wilderness areas in the past 20 years and, with it, vast stores of carbon

Forests can help us shift to low-carbon economies

Forests increase removal of carbon from the atmosphere while sustainable forest management and forest products contribute to enhanced livelihoods …

New technology offers hope for storing carbon dioxide underground

Until now the scientific opinion was that converting CO₂ from gas to solid would take thousands of years, but it took less than two years

Biofuel breakthroughs bring 'negative emissions' a step closer

The right kind of algae can be converted to biofuel, and there are potential side benefits for carbon capture

Antibiotic use in cows can affect soil health, increase CO2 emissions: Study

When antibiotics are used, less carbon is stored in the soil and more is lost to the atmosphere as carbon dioxide

Climate negotiations and the invisible hand of carbon chaos

According to experts, carbon markets only shift responsibility from the polluters to the invisible hands of the market and fail to decrease …

Predators help to protect Earth’s blue carbon stocks, says study

Keeping population of larger fish intact is critical to carbon accumulation and long-term storage in vegetated coastal habitats such as …

Transforming land use can make world carbon neutral by 2040: Study

Immediate measures on agriculture, forestry, wetlands and bioenergy can cut down a third of the emissions to keep temperatures below 1.5°C

How technology can help in capturing carbon

The technologies, a type of geoengineering, been debated over their ethical and safety concerns   

Can carbon-negative be the next step?

Carbon-negative technologies sequester more carbon than they release. But experts say they cannot be a substitute for reduction of greenhouse gases

Making agriculture sustainable is good and not for climate alone

The co-benefits are clear, despite uncertainty on the sector’s emissions

‘Very few countries are pricing carbon high enough to meet climate targets’

New OECD report calls for governments to raise carbon prices much faster if they are to meet their commitments on cutting emissions and slowing …

Recycling carbon

Carbon capture made easy

Salt, sugar and alcohol can help trap the greenhouse gas

‘The burning of the Amazon will not alter wind patterns’

Down To Earth spoke to meteorologist U C Mohanty about the impact of the Amazon fires on global warming and wind patterns

South Africa’s carbon tax: Aim to ensure zero waste to landfill

The tax launched June 1, 2019, aims to cut emissions by a third next year, 42% by 2025  

Smartphones would be environmentally the most destructive device by 2020: study

85 per cent of their emissions impact comes from production because it needs a lot of energy to produce chip and motherboard of smartphones

Global warming set to breach 1.5 degree limit: IPCC Draft Report

Emission trajectories will have to undergo historic and unprecedented changes if the Paris Agreement is to be adhered, say authors

Rising temperature causes soil to release more carbon dioxide

Rise of 1°C will result in the release of 30 petagrams of carbon, which is almost twice the amount emitted due to human activities annually

Carbon smart

Algae can help check rising carbon levels in the environment