But this is no long-term solution for storing carbon.
- Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of Birmingham
Charles Darwin’s ideas about diversity of plants growing together is now inspiring researchers create healthier forests.
The world is a much better place for the extra carbon being absorbed by forests, but it can never entirely offset emissions.
Can forests effectively remove carbon from the atmosphere?
Selon de récentes études, la présence des arbres en ville pourrait dans certaines conditions aggraver la pollution atmosphérique.
Conflicting evidence means it’s tough to tell whether trees helping to clear the air, or if green is not as good as we thought.
To exaggerate is human, and scientists are human. Exaggeration and the complementary art of simplification are the basic rhetorical tools of human intercourse. So yes, scientists do exaggerate. So do politicians…
The UK news media has been buzzing with reports of air pollution alerts associated, at least in part, with the long-range transport of dust from the Sahara. Colleagues from Africa have asked why British…
Robotic aircraft, or drones, are a much-debated military technology. But while this change in military capability challenges our shared senses of threat and protection, robotic aircraft have also been…
There is something of a sensory dissonance in modern cities. Glamorous as they are, the breath of contemporary cities stinks. A recent study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters found…
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