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Image copyright Getty Images Many people with asthma could cut their carbon footprint and help save the environment by switching to “greener” medications, UK researchers say. Making the swap would have as big an “eco” impact as turning vegetarian or becoming an avid recycler, they say. It’s because some inhalers release greenhouse gases linked to …

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Britain and Ireland hold over 20% of the world’s blanket bog Peatlands are a natural carbon sink, absorbing CO2 from the atmosphere and burying it in the soil. In Europe alone, they lock up about five times more carbon than forests. But according to a new study, the continent’s …

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Carbon is all around us – in the trees and in the rocks There are 1.85 billion, billion tonnes of carbon on Earth, with more than 99% of it resident beneath our feet. Scientists from the Deep Carbon Observatory (DCO) project have spent 10 years assessing the “reservoirs and …

MAHONING TWP., Pa. – State health officials are in Carbon County to battle a potentially deadly disease. Carbon is one of three counties in Pennsylvania where the mosquito-borne Eastern Equine Encephalitis has been found. At 6:30 p.m. the state Department of Environmental Protection will spray for adult mosquitoes in nearby Mahoning Township, where evidence of …

A new effort to rally governments and corporations behind technologies that suck greenhouse gases from the atmosphere to help stave off disastrous global heating will be launched at the United Nations on Tuesday. The first annual Global Climate Restoration Forum, held in New York, aims to spur international support for emerging and sometimes controversial methods …

Image copyright Getty Images The farm union NFU has launched a plan to make British agriculture carbon neutral in two decades. Farming creates 10% of the UK’s emissions, and farmers have long been criticised for their failure to tackle their pollution. But the NFU says the industry can reduce gases almost completely by 2040 – …

Climate change activist Greta Thunberg will spend two weeks travelling across the North Atlantic on a boat with no toilets, kitchens or privacy. Greta ,16, has stopped flying due to environmental reasons, but is due to attend a crucial climate change conference in New York. She told the BBC that travelling by boat sends a …

Avoiding meat and dairy products is one of the biggest ways to reduce your environmental impact, according to recent scientific studies. Switching to a plant-based diet can help fight climate change, according to a major report by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which says the West’s high consumption of meat and dairy …

The system developed by the researchers aims to decrease the emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from a coal-burning power plant by turning waste gas into concrete-based building products. The carbon-to-concrete technology captures the CO2 before it exits the power plant, reducing emissions to the atmosphere. The technology also cuts down the use of traditional cement, the …

Carbon capture can’t reverse climate change, but it’s one part of the equation for reducing greenhouse gases. Earth’s atmosphere currently contains 415.26 parts per million (ppm) of carbon dioxide (CO2), the highest concentration in human history. Phys.org reports that, “The last time our air contained this much CO2 was more than three million years ago.” …