This paper in the journal Science (new window) traces CO2 levels from 66 million years B.C. BC to today’s global warming with unprecedented precision. “This shows us the extent to which what we are doing is really, really unusual in Earth’s history,” lead author Baerbel Hoenisch, a researcher at Columbia University in New York, told … [Read more…]
Current levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have not been reached on Earth for 14 million years, according to a major study that highlights the inhospitable climate humanity is heading towards. This paper in the journal Science (New Window) tracks CO2 levels from 66 million years B.C. BC to today’s global warming with unprecedented … [Read more…]
The new satellite, called Vanguard, is so precise that it can measure the CO2 emissions of every power plant and factory. This will provide governments and companies with a wealth of information on how to reduce emissions. Vanguard launched last weekend from the Vandenberg space station in California on a SpaceX Falcon rocket. The new … [Read more…]