Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Growth rates of carbon dioxide have tripled since the 1960s, ...

Metagenomic sequencing of tree bark microbiota indicated their ability to process some atmospheric gases, highlighting their ...

The concentration of planet-warming gases in the atmosphere once again reached new highs last year, according to a new report. The report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) found that ...

When looking at greenhouse gases and methane emissions, many are asking, how does methane affect global warming and how can we reduce greenhouse gas? How Does Methane Affect Global Warming With ...

The claim: CO2 from humans represents 3.2% of total CO2 in the atmosphere and 0.12% of all greenhouse gases in the atmosphere A June 14 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) uses pie charts to ...

"CO2 is a trace gas in our atmosphere," the post is captioned. "Numbers say that all the nonsense we're subjected too in reference to it's effect and our contribution to the amount in the atmosphere ...

Methane is an even more powerful greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, and scientists are scrambling to figure out why there’s been such a dramatic increase of it in the atmosphere Methane is an even ...

Methane in the atmosphere had its fourth-highest annual increase in 2022, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported, part of an overall rise in planet-warming greenhouse gases that ...

The amount of carbon dioxide and two other greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere hit record highs last year, the World Meteorological Organization said in a report published Wednesday. Carbon dioxide ...