A new rule could force power plants to capture smokestack emissions using a technology that has long been promised but is not in widespread use in the U.S.

In the last few weeks, the global average ocean sea surface temperature jumped 0.36 degree F, according to the University of Maine’s Climate Reanalyzer.

They are meeting in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo to try to forge an agreement on the best way forward in battling climate change.