Is the indoor air quality at your child's school safe? That's what a group of Wake county parents want to know after they say they didn't get answers from the district so they're taking matters into ...

The Charleston County School District says Mamie P. Whitesides Elementary School experienced higher than normal carbon dioxide (CO2) levels Tuesday, after engineers atthe school noticed two outdoor ...

Carbon dioxide levels in Earth's atmosphere are at their highest point in human history, a study released in early December reports. In fact, according to the study, it has been about 14 million years ...

Carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane levels in the atmosphere continued to rise in 2020, with CO2 level reaching their highest point in 3.6 million years, according to calculations by the National Oceanic ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — When carbon and oxygen come together they form the colorless, odorless gas we all know as carbon dioxide. Levels of that heat-trapping gas are at a record high. People often say ...

An observatory high on Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano that measures carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has reported its highest ever seasonal peak concentration of the greenhouse gas. For the first time, ...

Forecast CO2 concentrations at the Mauna Loa observatory, showing monthly (red curve) and annual (red star) values. The orange band and vertical red line shows the forecast uncertainty ranges. The ...

A Dec. 17 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) claims a CO2-driven greenhouse effect is not causing modern climate change. "The greenhouse effect is a hoax," reads the post's caption. "There is ...

GENEVA (AP) — Heat-trapping carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere jumped by the highest amount on record last year, soaring to a level not seen in human civilization and "turbo-charging" the Earth's ...

FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 1, 2021 file photo, emissions from a coal-fired power plant are silhouetted against the setting sun in Independence, Mo. A United Nations report released on Thursday, Feb.

DENVER – On seat 10D, my eyes flicker between my fellow passengers crammed in the aisle and the carbon dioxide detector balanced on my knee. I can't help but shudder a little every time someone coughs ...

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