The agency maintains the global backbone of measurements of CO2 and other gases, but these are at risk of being curtailed if ...

A research team used the German environmental satellite EnMAP (Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program) to simultaneously detect the two key air pollutants carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrogen dioxide ...

An explosion on Mount Spurr could generate massive cloud of ash, which could mess with airplanes and cause issues for humans.

A research team from the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz and Heidelberg University has, for the first time, used ...

Atmospheric CO₂ concentrations are surging, even as emissions level out. Natural carbon sinks are showing signs of faltering ...

In a sweeping new study of more than 13,000 urban areas worldwide, researchers have mapped air pollution levels and carbon dioxide emissions, providing comprehensive global analysis of urban ...

In 2013, the Vatican confirmed that their fumata recipes now consist of a clear black smoke recipe: potassium perchlorate ...

Microsoft signed a deal to protect a swath of Washington forest that's bigger than Seattle as a strategy for shrinking its ...

This week, 133 cardinals have gathered in the Vatican to elect a new leader of the Catholic church. During their ...

A new life-cycle assessment comparing the production impacts of three materials used in carbon dioxide capture technology has ...

For the first time, astronomers located a molecular cloud by detecting hydrogen, its key component, rather than other ...

If the US were to achieve the emission reductions laid out in the 2015 Paris Agreement, which seeks to hold global warming to less than 2°C above preindustrial levels, the researchers estimate its ...