Deep sea carbon reservoirs once superheated the Earth – could it happen again?

At the end of the last glacial era, about 20,000 years ago, carbon dioxide was released into the ocean from geologic reservoirs located on the …

Using the ocean to fight climate change raises serious environmental justice and technical questions

Ocean affects everyone on the planet, but not everyone will have the same relationship to it or the same opportunities to have their opinions heard

Planting forests no panacea for the climate crisis: IPCC

The IPCC’s Special Report on Climate Change and Land says land-based carbon sinks are not limitless

What is irrecoverable carbon? How it exacerbates global warming?

Wetlands are key for accurate greenhouse gas measurements in the Arctic: study

Researchers found that between 2006 and 2015, tundra wetlands in Western Russia had remained hotspots of carbon and methane emissions in the region

A wonder bamboo from Tamil Nadu to mitigate climate change

The Beema Bamboo developed by a bio-tech company can grow fast and does not die for many years, according to its developers

Making agriculture sustainable is good and not for climate alone

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

New method developed to measure soil erosion

This method can help monitor the effects of soil erosion and effectiveness of soil conservation strategies

Ursula Von der Leyen: why controversial choice for EU top job may actually have been the right one

She promises to put carbon neutrality into law during first 100 days and to propose legislation to enforce a “fair minimum wage” in …

Study sheds light on functioning of global river-based ecosystems

Around 153 researchers from 40 countries worked on the paper, which shows how climatic factors that govern decomposition rates are increasingly …

Stay away from Congo’s ‘carbon bomb’ auction, Greenpeace urges Big Oil

27 oil and three gas fields up for sale from July 28

Methane emissions from wetlands rose 5-6% since 2000-2006: Study

Methane is responsible for roughly 30 per cent of the rise in temperature since the pre-industrial period

The dreaded rainforest shift

The implications of the world’s largest rainforest competing with human-generated greenhouse gases are alarming

Africa Climate Week: Cyclone Idai highlights urgent need of climate finance

The cyclone is already being touted as one of the worst natural disasters in the southern hemisphere

Will Costa Rica's ambitious plan to negate climate change work?

The Central American country does not have any law restricting use of fossil fuels, but it has stepped up its ambition to fully …

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

Himachal stops tree planting on pastures in Chamba to protect traditional pastoral routes

Globally, lands sustained by pastoralism form the largest carbon sink

More research, investment needed to protect Congo basin peatlands, finds report

Peatlands face threat from hydrocarbon exploration, hydroelectric dams & climate change

New NASA model to help assess change in carbon concentrations from forests

Tropical forests absorbed more carbon than other forest types, released more carbon into atmosphere due to deforestation, degradation, the study …

Protecting peatlands can help attain climate goals

Peatland degradation can trigger release of stored carbon. A UN report underlined ways to map and monitor them

The world is warming and we don't know how much carbon can it take

While questions have been raised about the inherent imprecision of the concept of carbon budget, its most important function is to convey the …

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

Carbon dioxide levels breach another record: NOAA

CO2 levels now spiked more than 50% than at the commencement of the industrial age

Energy and environment in 21st century India

Decentralised small grids hold the key to India’s energy impasse

The truth sinks in

Amazon forests release more CO2 than what they absorb