CSIRO.au
CSIROscope
Skip to content Skip to search
  • Latest
  • Categories
    • Energy
    • Environment
    • Farming
    • Health
    • Investigator
    • Manufacturing
    • Minerals
    • Oceans
    • Space
    • Tech
CSIRO.au
CSIROscope

#emissions

A person spraying aerosol into the air.

New research shows global CFC emissions are declining

New research shows global CFC-11 emissions, which unexpectedly and concerningly began to rise in 2013, are lowering once again.

Global emissions are down by an unprecedented 7% — but don’t start celebrating just yet

The pandemic, along with other recent trends such as the shift towards clean energy, have placed us at a crossroad: the choices we make today can change the course of global emissions.

A factory spurting out smoke

Carbon dioxide levels over Australia rose even after COVID-19 forced global emissions down. Here’s why

Throughout the pandemic, atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) levels continued to rise. Our scientists at the Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station explain why.

Three cows in a field

Turning methane into carbon dioxide could help us fight climate change

In a paper published today in Nature Sustainability, we propose a new technique to clean the atmosphere of the second most powerful greenhouse gas people produce: methane. The technique could restore the concentration of methane to levels found before the Industrial Revolution, and in doing so, reduce global warming by one-sixth.

Australian shipping emissions identified

Ship engine exhaust emissions make up more than a quarter of nitrogen oxide emissions generated in the Australian region according […]

Growing atmospheric nitrous oxide levels explained

Australian, Korean and USA scientists have produced a 65-year record of nitrous oxide changes in the Southern Hemisphere to better […]

Connect with us

Email frequency
Name

At CSIRO, we solve the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology.

We are committed to child safety and to the implementation of Child Safe principles and procedures.

  • CSIRO.au
  • About us
  • Locations
  • Events
  • © Copyright CSIROscope 2021

Have a question about CSIRO?

  • Contact us
  • Legal guidelines
  • Copyright
  • Access to information
  • Your privacy
  • Accessibility

Subscribe to the CSIROscope

Top stories emailed to your inbox each day! Privacy policy

Email frequency
Name
Man in VR headset