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Carbon emissions

European city with rooftop garden

What do we really know about urban agriculture’s impact on people, places, and the planet?

By Agnès Fargue-Lelièvre, Jason K. Hawes, Benjamin Goldstein, Lidia Poniży, Erica Dorr | Climate Change, Special Topics

Logging detritus with misty forest in the background

Managed to death: How Canada turned its forests into a carbon bomb

By Barry Saxifrage | Climate Change

1890s photo of Nikola Tesla in lab

Introduction: Why some renewable technologies will perish—and others succeed

By Dan Drollette Jr | Climate Change, Special Topics

bitcoin surrounded by static on blue background

Introduction: The unintended—and undermanaged—consequences of blockchain and cryptocurrency

By Dan Drollette Jr | Analysis, Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies

coal smoke from steel mill, China

When burning wood to generate energy makes climate sense

By Robert Abt, Christopher Galik, Justin Baker | Analysis, Climate Change

school child walking down flooded road in Gulf of Mexico

COP 26 highlights an infuriating, depressing, miserable situation. And yet…

By Adam Sobel | Climate Change

gas burner flames

Despite pledges to take action, almost no nations are cutting down fossil fuel production

By Damian Carrington | Climate Change

Carbon capture—dream or nightmare—could be coming. Or not.

By Jon Gertner | Climate Change

Earth on fire photo illustration

IPCC climate report puts pressure on Biden to seize the moment

By Oliver Milman | Climate Change

red coral fan underwater

Latest idea for saving the Great Barrier Reef? Dump crushed rocks on it

By Graham Readfearn | Climate Change

oil company sign satire

Big Oil’s lies about climate change—a climate scientist’s take

By Adam Sobel | Climate Change, Opinion

Biden driving electric truck

The next few years will determine our collective climate future. Here’s how Biden is measuring up.

By Dan Lashof | Climate Change, Opinion