Imagine if carbon wasn’t a formless gas, but rather a solid ball? We’d be forced to deal with our emissions problem much faster, because look at what would happen to New York as the carbon piled up.
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During the 2008 Summer Games, Beijing severely curtailed its emissions to create cleaner air for the athletes to breathe. Looking back, we have a perfect example of what fewer emissions means for the environment.
Though humanity has never attempted a major project (like creating a fake volcanic eruption) minor geoengineering projects are going on across the planet. Take a look.
Clean coal--long dismissed as an oxymoronic waste of time--may also be a perfect stopgap measure in a world where we need to stop burning fossil fuels but yet keep building coal power plants.
How much CO2 went into the ice cream you’re eating? If you’re eating out of this bowl, you’ll know exactly. It might even make you want to change your diet.
What if we could transmute pollution into a harmless--even helpful--substance that won’t destroy the planet? The science of carbon capture aims to do just that.
Don’t hold your breath, but as the air fills with more carbon dioxide, it might mean that breathing creates a chemical reaction that makes you want to eat more. And more. And even more.
It certainly doesn't seem like anyone in charge has any ideas about how to stop climate change, so let's open it up to everyone. A crowdsourcing project from MIT has found the best solutions from the rest of us--like personal rapid transit or convincing us all to eat less meat.
