A young Microsoft engineer has proposed a radical idea to combat climate change — detonating an 81-gigatonne nuclear bomb beneath the ocean floor to pulverise basalt and sequester carbon dioxide.

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Climate change presents a major threat to long-term growth and prosperity, and has a direct impact on the economic wellbeing of all countries. The IMF has an important role to play in helping its ...

Most people have a phone charger plugged in next to their bed, which they never bother to switch off at the wall - but is ...

As the world evolves toward a more sustainable economy, green jobs are becoming increasingly important. These careers not ...

Kristie L. Ebi ([email protected]) is a professor in the Department of Global Health at the University of Washington, in Seattle. Jeremy J. Hess is a professor of environmental and occupational ...

The Paris Agreement is a legally binding international treaty on climate change. It entered into force in November 2016 and aims to limit global temperature rises below 2°C compared to pre ...

The young plant, protected by a makeshift fence of wood and wire, is a kind of dragon’s blood tree — a species found only on the Yemeni island of Socotra that is now struggling to survive intensifying ...

Nearly every other government in the world has recognized that a hotter planet poses a profound threat to humans and ecosystems. By David Gelles At this year’s United Nations climate conference ...