Nature's carbon-capturing machines are working overtime. Plants worldwide are absorbing about 31% more carbon dioxide than scientists previously estimated, according to research published in Nature.

Human activities continue to pump billions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year, raising global ...

A study from the U.S. Geological Survey found the ecosystems on California's public lands are losing the carbon they've ...

While a single plant is capable of fixing inorganic carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air, the entire ecosystem surrounding the ...

While federal land ecosystems in most states are sequestering carbon dioxide on average ... how much ecosystems absorb, since there’s more carbon in the air for plants to suck up.

A new study suggests regions of the Arctic tundra are now releasing more planet-warming gases than they absorb, upending a millennia-old trend. The study published in academic journal Nature Climate ...

Seaweed and climate change: A dynamic duo Seaweed is often referred to as a ‘blue carbon’ resource, a term used for ecosystems that store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Unlike terrestrial plants, ...

Bengal Nagpur Railway's coal mining impact on vegetation in Jharsuguda studied using satellite data, highlighting ...

Whales for example can absorb tons ... while plants take in that gas along with sunshine to produce energy, a process called photosynthesis. Carbon dioxide also dissolves in seawater, where ...