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Chemistry World May 11, 2015 Rebecca Trager	Greenhouse gas milestone exceeded Global atmospheric carbon dioxide levels surpassed 400ppm in March for the first time on record, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Geotimes October 2005 Kathryn Hansen	Greenhouse Gases Revisited Scientists say now that a new method of tracking the effects of greenhouse gases could lead to a more accurate understanding of their impact on climate change, which other scientists say the Arctic is already experiencing on a dramatic scale.
Chemistry World January 9, 2014 Emma Stoye	Iconic carbon dioxide program imperiled by funding shortfall The future of the iconic Keeling Curve, a record of atmospheric carbon dioxide that has been kept for over five decades, is in doubt.
Chemistry World September 3, 2014 Andy Extance	Environmental priorities stymie hunt for stubborn ozone depleter The Earth's gradually healing ozone layer -- an iconic success in humanity's attempts to fix the environmental damage it causes -- is being set back by unanticipated lingering pollutants.
BusinessWeek December 30, 2009 John Carey	Greenhouse Gases: Who's Cheating? The amounts of carbon in the atmosphere are out of whack with predictions and reported output.
National Defense February 2009 Grace V. Jean	Getting to the Bottom of Global Warming -- From Space The first of several satellites designed to monitor Earth's greenhouse gases has reached orbit and will begin collecting data in the coming months.
Geotimes December 2006 Megan Sever	Methane Budget to Become Off-Balance Methane packs a big punch in the atmosphere. A team of climate scientists now says that it has better determined the primary controls over the methane budget over the past two decades, and the team offers a warning for the future: methane emissions will likely rise.
BusinessWeek December 30, 2009	The Greenhouse Gas Gap Companies and countries report their emissions but the disclosed amounts often don't add up to what's actually in the air.
Geotimes March 2006 Naomi Lubick	Soaking up Carbon Researchers recently announced that they had created metal-based sponges that have exceptionally high capacity for storing carbon dioxide. This nanotechnology is one of many new solutions in the search to find a fix for storing human-emitted carbon-based greenhouse gases.
Chemistry World November 20, 2012 James Mitchell Crow	'Molecular trapdoor' opens only for CO 2 A family of nanoporous materials well known for their gas separation properties can sort molecules with much more sophistication than previously thought.
Chemistry World October 16, 2015 James Urquhart	Microporous copper silicate sucks up carbon dioxide A carbon capturing microporous copper silicate material has been created that could offer a cheaper and simpler way of capturing carbon dioxide from the gas flues of fossil fuel power plants.
Geotimes October 2005 Megan Sever	Carbon's Complicated River Ride Researchers recently found that carbon moves from the atmosphere, through trees, soil and water, and back into the atmosphere in fewer than five years, indicating that the landscape is not providing as much long-term storage of carbon dioxide as hoped.
Chemistry World March 7, 2014 Elinor Richards	Shortcut to carbon dioxide plastics holds sequestration promise Japanese scientists have cleared a significant hurdle in using carbon dioxide as a chemical feedstock and made a polymer that contains almost a third of the gas by weight.
Geotimes March 2003	Demonstrating Carbon Sequestration Estimates are that human activity emits 7 billion tons of carbon dioxide a year. One proposed method for reducing how much of the greenhouse gas ends up in the atmosphere is to store the carbon dioxide underground. Natural reservoirs of the gas exist, suggesting that it is feasible.
Geotimes January 2006 Kathryn Hansen	Plant Methane Surprises Climate Scientists Atmospheric scientists have long blamed cattle and microbes for the production of significant amounts of methane on Earth. But the discovery of a new large source of methane, a greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming, is putting trees on the hot seat.
Chemistry World December 14, 2015 Simon Hadlington	New camera makes methane visible Researchers in Sweden have developed a new camera that can visualize the flow of methane -- a key greenhouse gas -- as it emanates from its source.
Science News May 9, 2009	Science Past From The Issue Of May 9, 1959 Scientists predict 25% increase in carbon dioxide by the year 2000.
Geotimes March 2003 S. Julio Friedmann	Storing Carbon in Earth Carbon sequestration is capturing carbon dioxide, either from the atmosphere or emission streams, and storing it in reservoirs, such as plants or soils. Carbon dioxide could be converted to solid chemicals or injected into the deep ocean. Though there are risks, the potential pay-off is enormous.
Chemistry World January 19, 2011 Yuandi Li	Carbon dioxide clusters cracked by IR Canadian scientists have, for the first time, been able to identify spectroscopically carbon dioxide clusters that could provide valuable information on intermolecular interactions.
Chemistry World July 18, 2006 Katharine Sanderson	Membranes Weed Out Carbon Dioxide Chemical membranes that can capture the carbon dioxide emitted by fossil fuels have been developed by scientists, who say that they are substantially more efficient than conventional membranes.
Chemistry World May 4, 2007 Richard Van Noorden	Cutting the Cost of Climate Change Scientists have welcomed a UN climate change report released on Friday that sets out a range of affordable options for cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
Geotimes August 2004 Naomi Lubick	Doubling the Ice Record A team of European researchers released their first round of results from the longest ice core ever to be recovered from a polar glacier. Measurements show some interesting temperature shifts that may cause climatologists to reevaluate their models.
Chemistry World July 23, 2008 Lewis Brindley	'Acid soot' worsens smog Researchers in the US say soot particles in the atmosphere combine with other pollutants to pick up an acid coating that may worsen their influence on local smog and global warming.
Geotimes July 2007 Kathryn Hansen	Ancient Ocean Burps A sediment core extracted from the ocean floor off the coast of Baja, Calif., indicates two "burps" of carbon dioxide were once released from a deep, stagnant part of the ocean.
Chemistry World October 3, 2013 Jon Cartwright	Graphene targets water treatment and carbon capture Researchers in South Korea have demonstrated that a membrane based on graphene and graphene oxide makes an effective filter to separate carbon dioxide from nitrogen gas.
Geotimes June 2006 Michael Glantz	Global Warming: Whose Problem is it Anyway? Global warming is not a hoax. It actually happens naturally. Industrialization processes in rich countries and now in developing ones are abetting the naturally occurring greenhouse effect.
Chemistry World December 1, 2009 Simon Hadlington	Magnesium Cage Shows Promise for Carbon Capture US chemists have shown that a hugely porous chemical cage containing large numbers of exposed magnesium centers can efficiently and selectively capture carbon dioxide from a mixture of gases and subsequently release it using little energy.
Chemistry World May 7, 2008 Lewis Brindley	Super-sized molecular sponges boost carbon capture Super-sized molecular sponges that trap and store carbon dioxide have been unveiled by chemists in the US.
Chemistry World April 1, 2009 Hayley Birch	Take carbon dioxide, dissolve slowly in water Carbon dioxide can be safely stored for millennia in deep, underground reservoirs, according to a new study by a team of international researchers.
Geotimes December 2006 Fred Schwab	Why Fester? Let's Sequester! Instead of looking toward another fossil fuel-based energy choice, scientists need to examine carbon dioxide sequestering, the capture and storage technology that removes anthropogenic carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Chemistry World October 5, 2007 Richard Van Noorden	Air, Can we Have Our Carbon Back? Sucking carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is outlandishly expensive. But a US scientist who has just worked out how to improve its efficiency predicts it will be necessary before the end of the century.
Chemistry World February 13, 2014 Tim Wogan	Greener route to esters dodges toxic reactant The industrially important synthesis of esters could be set to become greener and safer as German chemists have found a way to use carbon dioxide in place of carbon monoxide for alkoxycarbonylation.
Chemistry World August 11, 2014 Emma Stoye	Swellable polymer sponges up CO 2 A porous polymer 'sponge' that absorbs carbon dioxide by swelling up has been developed by scientists in the UK.
Geotimes December 2004 Jay Chapman	Carbon Dioxide Alchemy Some scientists are experimenting with a new form of alchemy, not looking to create a substance, but rather remove one: carbon dioxide. If their process works, it could reduce the effects of the greenhouse gas in the atmosphere.
Chemistry World November 9, 2012 Laura Howes	No methane on Mars, says Curiosity The idea that there was life on Mars has been dealt a blow after analysis of the planet's atmosphere found little to no methane.
Chemistry World March 2006 Katie Gibb	Extreme Analysis High pressures, cold temperatures and inaccessible samples all make analytical work challenging for chemists. Science still has a lot to gain from studying and working in extreme environments.
Fast Company February 2014 J.J. McCorvey	The Future of Forecasting WeatherSignal is an app that hacks the growing number of sensors that exist in Android phones to crowdsource information. This could point to a new form of weather-data collection.
IEEE Spectrum September 2008 Sandra Upson	U.S. Air Force Synthetic-Fuel Program in Limbo Latest flight tests demonstrate that synthetic fuels are safe, but the cost and the carbon may not be worth it
Chemistry World November 1, 2013 Patrick Walter	Air Products looks for alternative helium sources Worries over global helium supplies have led US specialist gas supplier Air Products to search out new sources of the gas.
Geotimes February 2007 Nicole Branan	Shifting Winds Shift Warming Trends? New model simulations indicate that a poleward shift in the Southern Hemisphere westerly winds could cause the Southern Ocean's carbon dioxide and heat uptake to increase by up to 20%.
Geotimes July 2003 Tim Palucka	Lightning implicated in ozone over Africa About five years ago, atmospheric scientists studying ozone concentrations over equatorial Africa and the southern hemisphere of the tropical Atlantic came across a puzzling situation. Unexpectedly high levels of ozone in southern Africa were finally explained by an overlooked phenomenon: lightning.
Reactive Reports Issue 63 David Bradley	Natural Copy Cat While plants convert carbon dioxide into sugar and oxygen, chemists are having a more difficult time finding an efficient method for converting carbon dioxide into useful fuels.
Geotimes September 2004 Jay Chapman	Hurricanes' Green Thumb As coastal residents are geared up for this year's peak Atlantic hurricane season -- mid-August through October -- scientists are looking at past hurricanes to better understand what happens to the oceans in the wake of these whirlwind events.
IEEE Spectrum March 2008 Prachi Patel-Predd	Carbon Capture Starts From Coal-Plant Advances in Lab Two research groups come up with super carbon-capturing materials.
Geotimes October 2006 Megan Sever	Giving Carbon a Deep-Sea Burial While many people are calling for an immediate reduction in carbon dioxide emissions, others are looking toward ways to dispose of the excess carbon dioxide. Burying the gas in sediments below the ocean could be a potential solution
Information Today February 1, 2010	ProQuest Launches AtmosPeer -- New Social Network for Atmospheric Scientists AtmosPeer, which was launched by ProQuest, connects atmospheric scientists to not only their colleagues but also to emerging research trends, current news feeds, conference information, and funding opportunities.
Popular Mechanics May 1, 2009 Andrew Moseman	Ice Sculptures for Science: Chain Saws, Pickaxes, Methane Hydrates and Climate Change One of the greatest unknowns regarding the future pace of climate change involves a source of greenhouse gases we can't even see, let alone control.
Chemistry World June 30, 2011 Holly Sheahan	Surgeons and patients breathe easy during surgery UK scientists have developed a way of continuously analysing the breath of unconscious patients undergoing surgery using mass spectrometry.
BusinessWeek July 12, 2004 Kathleen Kerwin	CO2: The Debate Heats Up Is carbon dioxide an air pollutant? That will be the key issue in any legal challenge by auto makers to California's proposed rules to reduce carbon dioxide in auto exhaust.
Geotimes November 2004 Dickens & Pinsker	Methane Hydrate and Abrupt Climate Change Conceivably, we live in a world with an enormous amount of gas hydrate and free gas that affects climate and global systems over time