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Save the Rainforest? Nature May Have It Covered

Katherine Thompson — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:18:46 CST

With all the talk of how much primeval rainforest disappears every year, it might come as a surprise to hear that much more new forest is springing up to replace it. Although new jungle taking over abandoned or destroyed farms in tropical nations is good for the planet—the UN...

CO2 Catcher Could Slow Climate Change

Rob Quinn — Sat, 31 May 2008 13:30:03 CDT

A team of American scientists says it's taken an important first step toward creating a so-called carbon scrubber that can rid greenhouse gases from the air, the Guardian reports. The scientists, led by a Columbia University physicist, have a prototype in the works that can suck a ton of carbon...

Oceans Are Absorbing Less CO2

Kevin Spak — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 09:19:00 CDT

Oceans are absorbing half the CO2 they were in the mid-'90s, according to a study that collected more than 90,000 North Atlantic measurements over 10 years. Oceans typically absorb about a quarter of the world’s carbon emissions, but the new data suggest they're becoming “saturated,” which a BBC analyst...

Climate Change Accelerates

Peter Fearon — Fri, 18 May 2007 09:59:13 CDT

Oceans that absorb a quarter of all the carbon belched into the atmosphere every day are losing their capacity to do so, accelerating global warming by as much as 30%. New research, which focuses on the compromised ability of Antarctica's Southern Ocean to soak up carbon emissions, suggests that climate...