If Earth's history were a calendar year, humans would not appear until the last few minutes before midnight on Dec. 31.

From time to time, when Earth's tectonic plates shift, the planet emits a long, slow belch of carbon dioxide. In a new ...

Scientists found 1-cyanopyrene, the largest polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon detected by radio astronomy to date ...

The World Meteorological Organization reported that in 2023, there was an 11.4% increase in carbon dioxide levels compared to ...

The U.S. Department of Energy estimates that reaching its climate-policy energy goals will rely on capturing and storing ...

For these American ranchers, sustainability is a way of life. Find out how they're using cattle to sequester carbon and ...

Rain has so far been ignored in calculations of the ocean's capacity to take up carbon, but a new estimate shows it enhances ...

The continuing release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere is a major driver of global warming and climate change with ...

In addition, reforestation after harvest restarts the process of sequestration and storage in the next tree growing cycle. At the time of harvest, 68% of the carbon in a typical sawtimber tree is ...

Using a sophisticated new modeling approach, researchers have estimated carbon dioxide emissions from inland waters to 22 million U.S. lakes, rivers and reservoirs. It marks the first time this ...

Soil is full of an uncountable number of viruses, and scientists are only beginning to understand just how substantial their ...