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

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

Mars is tantalizingly similar to Earth in many ways, but especially in its surface features, which often resemble Earth ...

By 3.6 billion years ago, Mars should have become too cold for liquid water, but something kept the rivers flowing.

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

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

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

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 ...

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

Spread some crushed silicate rock atop the world’s vast agricultural lands to absorb atmospheric carbon and thereby tackle ...

Although carbon dioxide is the most prevalent and potent greenhouse gas, it is not the only major one — and many of its ...

On a cold, ancient Mars, rivers flowed and a lake the size of the Mediterranean Sea swelled under the protection of thick ice ...