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NewsHow Covid gave the world a lesson in tackling air pollution
The pandemic has given atmospheric chemists the opportunity to study pollution and carbon emissions like never before
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News
Lack of ambition in China’s economic plan leaves net zero emissions ambition adrift
Only a modest 4.1% increase in energy generation from non-fossil sources by 2025 planned
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Research
Newly identified greenhouse gas with no known use an ‘early warning’
Montreal Protocol doesn’t sufficiently control harmful by-products made during other chemical production processes, say atmospheric scientists
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Opinion
Business as usual?
The pandemic has shown that we can react quickly to complex problems – can we do it to avert a climate crisis?
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Feature
Marking the Anthropocene
The idea that we’re in a human-influenced geological epoch is gaining traction, but how will future geologists measure it? Rachel Brazil finds out
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Opinion
Climate action plans will point to methane metrics in 2021
It’s good to see policymakers and companies making methane emissions data a priority
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Research
Active volcano’s carbon emissions sampled by drones
Volcanic gas monitoring could help to predict future eruptions and understand the impacts of climate change
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Research
Mechanochemistry shakes up carbon capture with simple way to trap gas
When ground in a ball mill, solid lysine traps carbon dioxide in a quick and reversible manner
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News
Mario Molina, who warned of CFC threat to the ozone layer, dies
Atmospheric chemist’s work led to the phasing out of ozone-depleting substances
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Research
Seeding oceans with volcanic ash could be new tool to tackle climate change
Tephra could encourage phytoplankton blooms that could potentially sequester huge amounts of carbon dioxide
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Podcast
Oxybenzone
This summer’s extreme weather prompts Katrina Krämer to investigate the history of sunblock and the ingredient blamed by some for bleaching coral reefs
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News
EPA rescinds methane emissions reduction rule
Obama-era regulations have been rolled back at the EPA, to the chagrin of some big oil firms and environmental groups
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Business
Deadly Indian incidents highlight relaxed regulations
Concern over human and environmental cost of reforms aimed at ease of doing business
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Opinion
Looking beyond the next wave
We need to apply lessons from Covid-19 to tackle antimicrobial resistance and climate change
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Opinion
Eunice Foote: the mother of climate change
The first person to link carbon dioxide to atmospheric warming has almost been forgotten. Rachel Brazil uncovers her story
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Careers
Should scientists be activists?
Scientific objectivity isn’t stopping researchers from standing up for what they believe in
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Opinion
Tackling climate change from the lab
Energy and water wasted in the lab can quickly outweigh household use
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Opinion
Fossil industries promise net emissions reductions
Can the oil industry really curb its carbon output fast enough to impact climate targets?
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Research
CFCs responsible for half of Arctic sea-ice loss
Halogenated compounds responsible for one third of global warming in the late 20th century
