Climate Crisis

A partnership between Climeworks and CarFix just started the largest direct air capture plant, storing carbon dioxide in solid form deep underground.

A new study shows that banning CFCs in the 80s also protected the depleting ozone layer and reduced the rate of global warming.

In the wake of Hurricane Ida and the flooded New York City subway system, can we rebuild flood-proof subway tunnels?

Hurricanes are becoming more powerful — can scientists engineer a way to weaken them and save lives?

The Pacific Northwest heat wave crushed hospitals with heatstroke victims. Doctors turned to body bags to save lives.

Using new techniques, researchers at Ohio State have identified ancient viruses we’ve never seen before.

Researchers have found a way to reduce the CO2 emissions of a concrete bridge: remove the reinforcement. And the results are stunning.

A new NASA study predicts record flooding in the 2030s due to a combination of rising sea levels and a “wobble” in the moon’s orbit around Earth.

A more sustainable approach to copper mining may be digging wells under dormant volcanoes to suck out the metal-containing fluids below them.

Researchers are using methane-hunting satellites to sniff out the potent greenhouse gas, helping to reduce methane emissions.