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  • Hitting the “emergency brake” on climate

    Hitting the “emergency brake” on climate


    To meet Paris goals, we must immediately deploy “emergency brake” climate actions—rapid emissions cuts using existing tools like deforestation reduction, methane and black carbon controls, and efficiency gains.

  • Measuring Equity Through City Trees

    Measuring Equity Through City Trees


    Planting trees is a way to build community and bolster benefits to human and environmental health.

  • Ancient Organics Discovered on Mars

    Ancient Organics Discovered on Mars


    Since arriving at Mars in 2012, NASA’s Curiosity rover has drilled into rocks in search of organics – molecules containing carbon. Organics are the building blocks of all life on Earth, though they can also come from non-living sources.

  • Molecular Clue to the Mystery of Carbon’s Cosmic Origin Uncovered

    Molecular Clue to the Mystery of Carbon’s Cosmic Origin Uncovered


    A chemical found in a distant gas cloud could help explain where planets like Earth get the seeds of life