Carbon Dioxide
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Million-Year-Old Bubbles Reveal Antarctica's Oldest Climate Snapshot
By Becky Oskin published
Timeworn Antarctica ice suggests a strong link between carbon dioxide levels and glacial cycles for the past million years.
Greenhouse Effect Is Witnessed…and Getting Worse
By Becky Oskin published
The climate-changing greenhouse effect exists and has been directly measured in the United States.
Did Ocean's Big Burps End Last Ice Age?
By Becky Oskin published
A massive outpouring of carbon dioxide from the deep ocean helped end the last ice age, scientists report today.
Waking Beasts: Underwater Volcanoes Roused by Ice Ages
By Becky Oskin published
The rise and fall of sea level during the past million years matches up with valleys and ridges on the seafloor, suggesting a link between underwater eruptions and ice ages, two new studies find.
Melting Glaciers Pose a Carbon Menace
By Becky Oskin published
Melting glaciers pose another threat beyond sea level rise. They will dump massive amounts of organic carbon into the world's oceans, altering ecosystems.
NASA Satellite's 1st CO2 Maps of Earth Revealed
By Megan Gannon published
NASA scientists unveiled the first data sets from the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, or OCO-2.
Watch Carbon Pollution Spread Across the Planet
By Becky Oskin published
A striking new video from NASA reveals how the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide spreads across Earth in a single year.
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