Earth inhales and exhales carbon, indicating where and when vegetation is growing (sucking up carbon dioxide) or dying off (releasing carbon dioxide).

Earth has experienced both hot and cold periods over time, though warm times have been more common. That’s true of the last 485 million years, as seen in this timeline reported in 2024. Our genus, ...

Without enough liquid water on the surface, a planet's atmosphere can become choked with carbon dioxide, raising temperatures ...

A prehistoric carbon spike turned oceans deadly and wiped out marine life. Scientists say today’s CO₂ rise could cause the ...

The researchers found that compact “scrub” mangroves, dominated by Rhizophora mangle, kept absorbing about 294 grams of ...

Earth inhales and exhales carbon, indicating where and when vegetation is growing (sucking up carbon dioxide) or dying off (releasing carbon dioxide).

Discover the history and importance of Mauna Loa in monitoring CO₂ levels and the impact of defunding climate monitoring ...

If the world continues to release carbon dioxide at the current rate, the carbon budget for limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius will be exhausted in just over three years, according to an ...

As climate change threatens tropical forests, a new study shows how the loss of those forests can be devastating to life on ...

Scientists have drilled down into the ice and extracted a core which is 2.8km long where the deepest part could be up to ...

A study of fossils from the Permian-Triassic extinction event 252 million years ago shows that forests in many parts of the ...