Climate Explainers

Fusion energy is the source of carbon-free energy at the center of stars, including our own sun.

Greenhouse gases are gases — like carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide — that keep the Earth warmer than it would be without them.

Hurricanes are intense tropical cyclones. These storms are becoming stronger as climate change warms the oceans.

Hydrogen is the most abundant chemical substance in the universe. It canbe used as a fuel that does not produce greenhouse gases when burned.

Mining provides us with the building blocks of modern society, but much of the energy used to get minerals out of the ground, and process them, today comes from fossil fuels.

Nuclear energy is low-carbon energy made by breaking the bonds that hold particles together inside an atom

Ocean acidification refers to a gradual increase in the acidity of ocean water, caused mainly by human-emitted carbon dioxide mixing with the water.

By taking up carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air, phytoplankton play a large role in the natural carbon cycle, helping to regulate the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere and keep the Earth’s climate in balance.

Radiative forcing is what happens when the amount of energy that enters the Earth’s atmosphere is different from the amount of energy that leaves it.

Renewable energy is energy from sources, like wind, solar, and hydropower, that we cannot run out of.