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

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

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

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

The test well will be unique in the nation, officials say. Environmentalists have criticized LSU's partnership with industry ...

Insulation provided by carbon dioxide ice above the martian polar caps could explain many of the Red Planet’s ancient river features.

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

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

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 WMO report pointed out that from 1990 to 2023, radiative forcing—the warming effect on our climate from greenhouse gases ...

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 ...