That is roughly equivalent to the total carbon footprint of 2,700 average individuals in the US, or 10,500 average individuals globally. The pie chart below shows the major sources of Michigan Tech’s ...

We Brits individually create on average 3 tonnes of carbon per year, or 8.2kg per day, from the food and drink we consume. So how do we reduce this? There are useful guidelines to follow when we ...

The consequences of “overshoot” are already clear: habitat and species loss, and accumulation of carbon in the atmosphere. The Ecological Footprint adds up all the ecological services people demand ...

With recent college football conference realignments, teams in the Power Four conferences are now traveling further than ever, contributing to increased carbon emissions. But which teams have the ...

Big Tech’s optimistic predictions about the potential role of artificial intelligence (AI) in tackling the climate crisis often overlook the growing energy demand of enormous data centres. French Pres ...

We see a lot of organisations offsetting their footprint to claim they are carbon neutral, or claiming that for every product you buy, they will plant a tree, and therefore their product is ‘green’.

People, objects and even countries all have a carbon footprint. A carbon footprint is a number, often measured in tonnes, kilograms, or grams, that represents the total amount of carbon dioxide ...