CFR scholars provide expert analysis and commentary on international issues. Carbon dioxide pollution in the atmosphere reached an all-time high last year—424 parts per million. That is likely the ...

NOTREES, Texas — One of the boldest, most controversial experiments in fighting climate change is taking shape in a dirt patch in West Texas. In a couple of years, giant fans will start whirring at ...

The fight against climate change may have found a new secret weapon in the form of a carbon-capturing powder that is capable of sucking up and storing as much carbon dioxide as a fully-grown tree.

A new method to capture carbon dioxide from the air has been developed at the University of Helsinki's chemistry department.

Net-zero carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions refers to a balance between CO₂ emissions into the atmosphere and CO₂ removals from the atmosphere, such that the net effect on CO₂ levels in the atmosphere is ...

In a world where every ton of CO₂ is counted, CarbonBlue offers a new way of looking at lime, water, and industrial ...

Researchers at the Guwahati Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) have developed a photocatalytic material that can convert ...

Japanese scientists unveil a catalyst that turns CO₂ into liquid methanol at room temperature with 100% efficiency.

The basics of photosynthesis are something that every student learns in school: carbon dioxide, water and light in; oxygen ...