Climate science
The latest chemistry news and research on climate, including greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide and global warming, from the Royal Society of Chemistry's magazine, Chemistry World
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NewsGreen light for UK carbon capture projects – but will they deliver?
The country is already behind on targets to capture carbon dioxide and is playing catch up
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ResearchChlorine radicals could be used to destroy methane heading for the atmosphere
Researchers suggest positioning reactors that trigger methane oxidation at landfills and the ventilation exits of underground coal mines
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OpinionThe moral theories behind climate deadlock
Why is it so controversial to do the right thing for the environment?
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NewsUK proposes expansion of Emissions Trading Scheme to maritime sector
Shipping would need to purchase allowance for carbon dioxide emissions
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NewsCountries announce new steps to reduce methane emissions at Cop29
A new declaration on solid waste has been endorsed by seven of the 10 largest emitters in the organic waste sector
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BusinessShell appeal overturns ruling enforcing faster emissions cuts
Dutch court underlines firm’s climate responsibility but rejects legally binding reduction requirement
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OpinionInternational lessons for designing India’s emissions trading scheme
How to make sure the country’s cap and trade system succeeds
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OpinionTeaching chemistry in the context of climate science
Changes to India’s undergraduate curriculum could be transformative
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OpinionChemistry is paving the path to net zero
From energy and materials to food and transport, the central science is having an impact
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OpinionTackling India’s climate change health problems at Scale
A model to put health and wellbeing at the heart of climate action
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ResearchCarbon capture COF shows impressive ability to survive hundreds of cycles
Fast take-up and low regeneration temperatures make direct air capture promising
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NewsNobel prize-winning scientists mobilise for Kamala Harris
82 Nobel laureates warn of the threat Donald Trump poses to science, climate and living standards
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BusinessCarbon capture making slow progress in UK and Europe
Government funding welcomed, but issues over strategy and CO2 purity persist
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FeatureHow satellite remote sensing is enhancing our understanding of Earth
Instruments in space have studied the planet’s atmosphere and surface, and are now being joined by powerful new ones, finds Andy Extance
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OpinionObserving Cop28 with a gender lens
Avoid so-called climate solutions that disadvantage the most marginalised
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NewsCarbon capture gets personalised touch to match best tech with right location
Holistic analysis combines models and experiments to find the sorbent that works for each industrial site
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ResearchIsotope tracking suggests that plants cycle carbon faster than previously thought
New analysis suggests that vegetation is less able to offset climate change than had previously been calculated
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ResearchHydroxide-loaded sponge soaks up atmospheric carbon dioxide
Low-cost charcoal absorbs carbon dioxide and rapidly releases it in energy-efficient process
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ResearchWarning that solar geoengineering could cause unexpected regional heating
Aerosol modelling study injects note of caution on strategy to control warming