Does Using Paper Take CO2 Out of the Environment?

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Trees sequester carbon dioxide, and paper is made from trees. So shouldn’t you use as much paper as possible to stop climate change?

How To Feed the World After Climate Change

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Genetically modified seeds aren’t enough. We have to change the entire agricultural system.

Nasa Scientist: Climate Change is a Moral Issue on a Par with Slavery

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Prof. Jim Hansen to use lecture at Edinburgh International Science Festival to call for worldwide tax on all carbon emissions.

What Cuba Can Teach Us About Food and Climate Change

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After the Cold War, Cuba faced many of the agricultural challenges that the rest of the world is now anticipating.

Study Suggests Rising CO2 in the Past Caused Global Warming

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A paper in Nature shows how increased CO2 in the atmosphere led to warming – rather than the other way round

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