atmosphere

Can Sucking CO2 Out of the Atmosphere Really Work?

Posted in Featured, Science on 13th Oct, 2014
by Alex Muller

A Columbia scientist and his startup think they have a plan to save the world. Now they have to convince the rest of us.

Analysis Reveals Global Warming Underestimated By 24% To 58%

Posted in Science on 7th Oct, 2014
by Alex Muller

Oceanographers have discovered the heat content change of the Earth has been severely underestimated.

The Quest to Build an Elevator to Space

Posted in Hardware on 5th Oct, 2014
by Alex Muller

It's a risky but well-considered plan to create a workable transit system between the ground and a set point outside the Earth's atmosphere.

Human-Caused Climate Change Fueled Some of 2013's Extreme Weather

Posted in Science on 30th Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller

The planet is warming and having an impact on some of the world's weather, particularly to heat waves across the globe.

UN climate summit: China pledges emissions action

Posted in Science on 24th Sep, 2014
by Alex Muller

China has pledged for the first time to take firm action on climate change, telling a UN summit that its emissions, the world's highest, would soon peak.