As humans burn fossil fuels and pump carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, we are heating up the planet. But there is another alarming impact of this climate pollution: it may be changing the chemistry ...

Titanium dioxide is a contender for the most controversial of all food additives. Banned in some regions, but not others, concerns persist that the whitening agent – used in popular confectionery, ...

Rising carbon dioxide levels are being detected within the human body, with new research warning a key blood marker for the gas could near its healthy limit within decades if current trends continue.

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The warning on the government website was stark. Some ...

Scientists have created a device that captures carbon dioxide and transforms it into a useful chemical in a single step. The new electrode works with realistic exhaust gases rather than requiring ...

A joint research team has developed a highly efficient photocatalyst that can convert carbon dioxide into the high-value-added fuel, methane, using sunlight, while explaining its operating principles.

Twenty-two million Americans would no longer be breathing in unhealthy levels of nitrogen dioxide if they switched from gas and propane stoves to electric stoves. Robert Jackson and colleagues ...

Surging emissions from wildfires may have been behind the increase, which was the largest since modern measurements began more than half a century ago. By Raymond Zhong and Sachi Kitajima Mulkey The ...

A couple was found dead, along with their deceased dog, Thursday at their Pocono-area home, police said. The deceased have been identified by police as 82-year-old William Nathan and 82-year-old Ellen ...

Earth’s atmosphere contains carbon dioxide, which is good for life on Earth – in moderation. Plants use CO 2 as the source of the carbon they build into leaves and wood via photosynthesis. In ...

The Trump administration is moving to shut down two NASA missions that monitor a potent greenhouse gas and plant health, potentially shutting off an important source of data for scientists, ...

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