Alec Luhn wrote the feature “Rusting Rivers” in our January 2024 issue. He is an award-winning climate journalist who has reported from a town invaded by polar bears, the only floating nuclear power plant and the coldest inhabited place on Earth.
Scientists Will Engineer the Ocean to Absorb More Carbon Dioxide
A research consortium plans to revive geoengineering trials of the controversial iron fertilization technique to pull carbon dioxide from the air, despite public backlash
Can Pulling Carbon from Thin Air Slow Climate Change?
Tech firms, oil companies and the U.S. government are investing billions of dollars in carbon capture technology to suck greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere. Can it save the warming world?
Why Are Alaska’s Rivers Turning Orange?
Streams in Alaska are turning orange with iron and sulfuric acid. Scientists are trying to figure out why