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Chemists have synthesized a carbon-based molecule with an unprecedented ‘half-Möbius’ twist.Credit: IBM Research and the University of ManchesterThe Möbius strip, a twisted loop with one continuous…

US “bullying” over a proposed carbon levy on shipping appears to be paying off, experts have said, after Panama reversed its support for the measure.In a…

Europe and China do not need to compete on the development of defossilization technologies.Credit: Florian Gaertner/Photothek/GettyLast month, we described some of the nascent steps a number…

There is good news out there, even if it feels like scraps in a world on the brink. Some came last week – with plenty of…

In a reversal from previous years’ pollution reductions, the United States spewed 2.4% more heat-trapping gases from the burning of fossil fuels in 2025 than in…

US plans to exploit Venezuela’s oil reserves could by 2050 consume more than a tenth of the world’s remaining carbon budget to limit global heating to…

More carbon dioxide in the environment is making food more calorific but less nutritious – and also potentially more toxic, a study has found.Sterre ter Haar,…

Nature, Published online: 12 December 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03981-xUpdated estimates of the worldwide sources and sinks of anthropogenic carbon dioxide provide a firmer basis for monitoring climate action.

The once-rigid link between economic growth and carbon emissions is breaking across the vast majority of the world, according to a study released ahead of Friday’s…

Africa’s forests have turned from a carbon sink into a carbon source, according to research that underscores the need for urgent action to save the world’s…