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The White House has instructed NASA employees to destroy two major, climate change-focused satellite missions.

White House Orders NASA to Destroy Important Satellite

By Victor Tangermann

The vast majority of Mars' atmosphere might be trapped in sedimentary rocks lining the Red Planet's surface, which could be used for fuel.

Mars’ Surface Appears to Be Covered in Potential Rocket Fuel, MIT Finds

By Victor Tangermann

Terrifying NASA Video Shows America Spewing CO2 Into Atmosphere

Terrifying NASA Video Shows America Spewing CO2 Into Atmosphere

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists in the United Kingdom discovered a porous material that has the potential capacity to store large quantities of greenhouse gases.

Scientists Say New Material Can Suck Carbon Out of Atmosphere Faster Than Trees

By Sharon Adarlo

The European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter has spotted mysterious "spiders" roaming the Red Planet's southern polar region.

Orbiter Spots “Spiders” on Surface of Mars

By Victor Tangermann

If you're looking for someone to blame the worsening degradation of the climate upon, look no further than these 57 companies.

Scientists Discover the Villains Destroying the Planet

By Noor Al-Sibai

First responders were called onto the scene in Tennessee last week after a bunch of kids got sick when doing an experiment with dry ice.

Health & Medicine

18 Elementary Schoolers Hospitalized After Classroom Science Experiment

By Noor Al-Sibai

The pound-for-pound greenhouse effect of carbon dioxide is getting stronger as more of it is released into the atmosphere, a new study found.

Carbon Dioxide Is Becoming More Fearsome, Scientists Find

By Frank Landymore

New research suggests that hidden vegetation in NYC seems to absorb a lion's share of its carbon emissions via photosynthesis.

Renewable Energy

NYC’s Greenery Eats Up All the CO2 From Its Cars, Trucks and Buses “And Then Some”

By Noor Al-Sibai

Amid concerns about rising emissions, scientists have discovered something weird — that trees appear to be growing faster as carbon dioxide levels rise.

Carbon Dioxide Seems to Be Making Trees Grow Faster, Scientists Say

By Noor Al-Sibai

One of the discoverers of CRISPR gene-editing, a groundbreaking new method to engineer genes, believes we could use the technique to tackle climate change.

CRISPR Creator Says We Could Engineer Species to Fight Climate Change

By Victor Tangermann

The UN released a massive report on Monday that paints a dire portrait of the impacts climate change will have on the world’s ecosystems and humanity.

The UN Just Dropped Another Incredibly Bleak Climate Change Report

By Tony Ho Tran

"SpaceX is starting a program to take CO2 out of atmosphere & turn it into rocket fuel," CEO Elon Musk tweeted on Monday. Please join if interested."

Elon Musk Says SpaceX Is Going to Start Sucking CO2 Out of the Air and Turning It Into Rocket Fuel

By Victor Tangermann

Regions of the Amazon rainforest are now releasing more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than they can absorb.

Renewable Energy

The Amazon Rainforest Is Starting to Emit More Carbon Than It Absorbs

By Victor Tangermann

Space companies trying to make off-world tourism a thing will likely cause major environmental destruction in the process as spaceflight ramps up.

The Toll Casual Space Tourism Will Take on the Planet (Updated)

By Dan Robitzski

According to a decade-long study by a team of scientists, human activity emissions total up to 100 times more than all volcanoes combined.

Renewable Energy

Humans Produce 100x More CO2 Than All Volcanoes Combined

By Victor Tangermann