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Major carbon sink may have vanished for a second year in a row

Record heat in 2024 caused ecosystems on land to emit nearly as much carbon dioxide as they took out of the atmosphere

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Why a tech start-up wants to pump your faeces deep underground

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Sprinkling limestone on farms may offer an unexpected climate win

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Climate could warm another 0.5°C if we fail to capture far more CO2

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What will be the climate fallout from Trump's 'big beautiful bill'?

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What will be the climate fallout from Trump's 'big beautiful bill'?

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A crucial methane-tracking satellite has died in orbit

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At this rate, carbon dioxide removal will never matter for the climate

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How captured carbon dioxide could help mine carbon-negative nickel

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China's CO2 emissions have started falling – is this finally the peak?

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Methane-eating bacteria are ready to capture landfill emissions

Bioreactors housing methane-eating bacteria could offer a portable, off-grid solution for soaking up methane leaks from sites like landfills and coal mines

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Extreme weather could disrupt China's renewable energy boom

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Scientists fear losing essential climate data during Trump upheaval

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Rice variant slashes planet-warming methane emissions by 70 per cent

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The US is leaving the Paris Agreement – what happens next?

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