When most people hear the phrase "ocean acidification," they think of coral reefs, shellfish or declining fisheries. Those ...

Engineers have developed a new way to pull carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere using a process similar to charging ...

Researchers at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography have created a more accurate model of global carbon cycling. The model better accounts for the contributions of Earth’s terrestrial ...

When it comes to diatoms that live in the ocean, new research suggests that photosynthesis is not the only strategy for accumulating carbon. Instead, these single-celled plankton are also building ...

A new study has revealed for the first time that ancient carbon, stored in landscapes for thousands of years or more, can find its way back to the atmosphere as CO₂ released from the surfaces of ...

Mars has not always been a seemingly lifeless red desert. We have evidence that billions of years ago it had a warm, habitable climate with liquid water in lakes and flowing rivers, which is somewhat ...

Photosynthesis does not always result in wood growth, a key factor in carbon dioxide sequestration ...