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Environment

A promising natural technique to remove CO2 could backfire

Several start-ups have tried to grow seaweed to remove atmospheric CO2, but this could affect the levels of nutrients in the ocean and hamper other CO2-sucking processes

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Environment

‘Forgotten’ pollutants cause 15 per cent of global warming

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Environment

First test of CO2 removal with green sand finds no harm to marine life

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Environment

Will burying dead trees after a wildfire keep their carbon locked up?

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Environment

Climate change is making trees grow larger in the Amazon rainforest

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BOXBERG, GERMANY - MARCH 17: Boxberg Power Station is seen during sunset on March 17, 2016 in Boxberg, Germany. This lignite-fired power station is the second largest in Germany. (Photo by Florian Gaertner/Photothek via Getty Images)

Environment

New book about the story of carbon dioxide is a rousing call to action

Culture

Chemistry

Scientists created a new carbon molecule for the second time ever

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Environment

Forests with robust animal populations store four times as much carbon

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Environment

Forests’ vanishing snow is also bad news for carbon storage

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Life

Striking artworks reveal the beauty of mushrooms and other soil life

A new exhibition at Somerset House in London, SOIL: The World at Our Feet, wants us to rediscover how key soil is to our lives and to the planet’s future

Regulars

Environment

Trump-backed Stargate Project could strain the US energy grid

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Environment

There’s a new way to make everyday products without using fossil fuels

Comment

Technology

Energy-hungry AI is already harming health – and it’s getting worse

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Environment

Viruses may help store vast amounts of carbon in soil

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