Charles David Keeling first documented how the gas buildup in the atmosphere contributes to the warming planet. His son says proposed cuts to NOAA threaten critical scientific research.

The resulting graph, called the Keeling Curve (after Charles David Keeling, the scientist who kicked off the effort) is a ...

The administration is not only allowing more greenhouse gases. It is undermining the nation’s ability to understand and ...

Carbon dioxide may be a naturally occurring substance on Earth, but too much of its presence has contributed to global ...

This story originally appeared on the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. There are trillions upon trillions of numbers in the world. We use numbers to ...

Issy Borley receives funding from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. Cathy Trudinger does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would ...

Over the last decade, humanity's emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) have stabilized after a period of huge growth. Average growth is now down to just 0.6% per year, compared to 2% per year in the ...

They make it sound like a win-win: Keep the grid stable while lowering necessary circle-of-life carbon dioxide. It’s a win-win for utilities and fossil fuel companies and a lose-lose for ...

Carbonate minerals contain carbon dioxide, which, when present in the atmosphere, warms a planet. These minerals suggest that carbon dioxide could have previously existed in the atmosphere in ...