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Watch Carbon Pollution Spread Across the Planet
By Becky Oskin published
A striking new video from NASA reveals how the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide spreads across Earth in a single year.
Gassy Blob: Biggest US Methane Source Spotted from Space
By Becky Oskin published
So much methane is leaking from drilling in the Southwest's Four Corners region that the natural gas blob can be spotted from space, a new study reports.
Global Carbon Emissions Reach New Record High
By Becky Oskin published
Concentrations of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, will surge to a new high in the atmosphere in 2014.
Can Ants Save the World from Climate Change?
By Becky Oskin published
Ants may be some of Earth's most powerful biological climate brokers, a provocative new study claims.
Your Cheeseburger Is Leaving a Giant Environmental Footprint
By Laura Geggel published
Eating a burger takes a big toll on the environment, reports one of the most comprehensive studies to date on livestock management in the United States.
Natural Gas? Cows Toot Out Most Methane
By Becky Oskin published
A new snapshot of U.S. methane emissions in 2004 found 40 percent higher methane levels from livestock than had been estimated by the Environmental Protection Agency.
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