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carbon dioxide

To shop sustainably for clothing, stop shopping

Even clothing recycling and rental programs don't reduce CO2 emissions as much as just wearing the clothes you have

The bubbles in your pint of beer are a scientific marvel

Pouring a chilled beer into a tilted glass produces about 1.5 million bubbles

Air quality monitors mounted on public transit see pollution other sensors miss

Researchers in Salt Lake City are using light rail trains to measure the city's air pollution

A version of this article originally appeared on grist

Why is the carbon tax, after years of debate, no longer popular in Washington?

Once embraced from ExxonMobil to Bernie Sanders, the carbon tax has been cast aside by both parties — for different reasons

Soon, algae might absorb carbon dioxide emissions before they even leave the factory

Algae are efficient biofuel producers, and scientists are working on improving our algal-centered technology

Planting trees is great, but it's not a silver bullet for stopping climate change

Although new research finds that huge areas of the earth could be reforested, this will not let us off the hook for reducing emissions

Climate change is almost too big a problem to study. The solution? Volcanoes.

Volcanoes blanketed by tropical rainforests are a natural laboratory to study climate change

Produced in partnership with New Harvest

Here's everything you need to know to grow your own hamburgers

Cellular agriculture techniques are young but rapidly advancing

GMOs can help us adapt to climate change

Like levees and seawalls, GMOs could help us to manage climate change's impact

Tree-murdering fungi and insects increasingly contribute to climate change

New research suggests carbon dioxide released from dying forests equals emissions from 11 million cars

Climate change harms everyone's health. Yes, even yours.

No one is safe from global increases in extreme weather, disease, and injury