The landmark Paris Agreement of 2015 gave the world a shared target for halting climate change: that global warming should... more

The Earth naturally absorbs some of our climate pollution from burning fossil fuels. But how much, and how fast?

Today, companies are storing millions of tons of carbon dioxide underground every year to prevent this climate pollution from warming... more

What if there was a way to continue using fossil fuels for energy without emitting CO2 into the atmosphere? To... more

Is hydrogen fuel a climate solution? That depends on how you produce it.

Just 20 years ago, hydrogen cars and battery electric cars were pretty evenly matched as clean alternatives to gas-powered vehicles.... more

Hydrogen gas acts like a fossil fuel, but with no carbon emissions. Is it the silver bullet we’ve been waiting... more

MIT Professor Michael Howland returns to the podcast to answer a listener's question about the risks of wind energy to... more

You might have heard how wind turbines failed in Texas during a terrible cold front in 2021. Does this mean... more

Plants take in CO2 from the air to grow—and today’s atmosphere has about 50% more CO2 than it did before... more

People all around the world write into our team with questions about climate change. So this season, we’re working with... more

The United States has a goal to power the country with 100% clean electricity by 2035. Unfortunately, our energy regulations... more

The large majority of new energy we’re building today comes from clean, renewable wind and solar projects. But to keep... more

We all want to live full, healthy lives. But climate change is threatening a growing number of people’s lives and... more

We were going to produce an episode on El Niño, and its relationship to climate change. And then we found... more

If you live in the U.S. Mountain West, the Pacific Coast of the Americas, or large parts of Australia or... more

Today we’re talking about desalination: turning saltwater into freshwater, so we can drink it or use it to grow crops.... more

Refrigerants are in every refrigerator, freezer and air conditioner, and the world is on track to make a lot more... more

Carbon dioxide—CO2—is the greenhouse gas you’ve probably heard most about, on this podcast and elsewhere. But it turns out, methane... more

You probably know that today’s climate change is caused by certain gases—what scientists call greenhouse gases—that human activity has been... more