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Global stocktake shows the 43 greenhouse gases driving global warming
While the gases most responsible for global warming - carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide - continue to climb, other industrial greenhouse gases are being brought gradually under control.
Watching the planet breathe: Studying Earth’s carbon cycle from space
Why use satellites to study Earth's climate? Researchers leading a new mission explain how images from space will help them analyze which parts of the Americas soak up the most carbon.
Methane from food production might be the next wildcard in climate change
Methane concentrations in the atmosphere are growing at a faster rate than any time in the past 20 years.
Why utilities have little incentive to plug leaking natural gas
The Obama administration wants to regulate methane leaks from oil and gas operations. Here's why we can't count on market forces to make it work.
Why we need better ways to cut greenhouse gases from agriculture
To meet global climate change targets, agriculture needs an array of innovations and money to get farmers around the world to adopt new practices.
River on fire: even if it’s not coal seam gas we should still be concerned
Coal seam gas may not be responsible for a flaming river in Queensland, but it still raises uncomfortable questions.
Veggie is the most low-carbon diet, right? Well, it depends where you live
Eating meat means greenhouse emissions. But the emissions from growing crops may have been underestimated, meaning that a climate-friendly diet isn't as straightforward as simply going vegetarian.
To reduce greenhouse gases from cows and sheep, we need to look at the big picture
Eating less meat isn't the only solution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from livestock.
How the ExoMars mission could sniff out life on Mars – and what to do next
If we do find life on Mars, it will be difficult to prove that we didn't bring it there from Earth. An insider talks us through what's at stake.
Global food production threatens to overwhelm efforts to combat climate change
Fossil fuel emissions are slowing, but another major climate problem is becoming clear: food production.
Australia’s coal mines are pouring methane gas into the atmosphere
Methane is a stronger greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, and Australia's coal mines are a major source.
California’s Aliso Canyon methane leak: climate disaster or opportunity?
The Aliso Canyon methane leak in California is bad, but it's only a small portion of the methane leaked from the natural gas industry's sprawling pipeline and storage infrastructure.
Paris climate summit primer: what are greenhouse gases?
The greenhouse gases that cause climate change will take centre stage at the upcoming Paris climate talks. What are they and what are their effects?
Permafrost-eating bacteria: a new twist on thawing Arctic and global warming
Scientists are studying how carbon-rich permafrost known as yedoma acts much like frozen vegetables to hungry microbes -- and is becoming an additional source of heat-trapping gases.
Waste disposal in US landfills underestimated by 115%
Using more accurate data, researchers find that waste disposal at methane-emitting landfills is two times greater than previous EPA estimates.
Meat is a complex health issue but a simple climate one: the world needs to eat less of it
The recent Lancet Commission report rightly pointed out that climate change is a huge risk to global public health. But it shied away from one of the main issues: the world consumes far too much meat.
The ground exhales: reducing agriculture’s greenhouse gas emissions
About 10% of human-generated greenhouse gas emissions come from farming. Researchers are working on ways to address this piece of the global warming puzzle.
Meat the future: new book sets out the effects of the world’s diet
Meat uses a lot of resources - between three and ten times as much as plants for the same amount of protein. The rich world might be slowly losing its taste for meat, but the developing world isn't.
It’s not enough to go vegetarian to fight climate change
Going vegetarian might help reduce your personal footprint - but it won't save the climate. Richard Eckard explains.
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