10 Years After the Paris Climate Agreement, Here’s Where We Are
Almost exactly 10 years ago, a remarkable thing happened in a conference hall on the outskirts of Paris:…
Rising CO2 levels threaten to disrupt global space communication
Far above your head, in the atmosphere between Earth and outer space, an invisible process is occurring. The…
“It Looked Very Strange”: Something Has Been ‘Burrowing’ to Create Odd Features on Mars—Now Scientists Finally Know Their Source
For decades, scientists have scoured Mars for traces of life—from ancient riverbeds to lake basins and channels that…
The Permafrost’s “Revenant” Microbes Are Slowly Awaking. This Is Bad News for Climate Change
Thawing permafrost in Alaska. Image credits: Brandt Meixell/USGS. The frozen, barren soil of the Arctic isn’t as lifeless…
Coffee and plastic waste transformed into carbon capture material
A newly patented technology has been designed to achieve two major environmental goals: capture carbon dioxide from industrial…
50 years ago, NASA sent 2 spacecraft to search for life on Mars – the Viking missions’ findings are still discussed today
Finding life beyond the Earth would be a major scientific discovery with significant implications for all areas of…
Carbon dioxide: the stuff of life
50484.jpeg None Peter Brannen has an uncompromising opinion about carbon dioxide. It is the most important compound that…
What Carbon Dioxide Has to Do With the Meaning of Life
THE TOP FIVE1. Transportation Department Joins the War on Wind Add the Department of Transportation to the list…
James Webb Telescope Finds Carbon-Rich Planet Nursery
In a cosmic twist worthy of a sci-fi plot, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to…
World’s largest facility to help remove CO2 from the ocean to begin operations in S’pore in 2026
SINGAPORE – The world’s largest facility to boost the ocean’s ability to absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) is set…
NASA Planning for Unauthorized Shutdown of Carbon Monitoring Satellites
Research & Developments is a blog for brief updates that provide context for the flurry of news regarding law…
White House Orders NASA to Destroy Important Satellite
The White House has instructed NASA employees to terminate two major, climate change-focused satellite missions. As NPR reports,…