In the midst of the COVID pandemic, scientists embarked on an ambitious research expedition to the North Atlantic to investigate the inner workings of the ocean’s carbon cycle. A series of storms ...

As global stocks of these rocks build up they can then release their carbon during tectonic processes, including mountain building and metamorphism. Using this knowledge, the scientists built a unique ...

Tropical forests store more than 60% of the world's vegetation biomass and are among the most important ecosystems for ...

The carbon stored globally by plants is shorter-lived and more vulnerable to climate change than previously thought, according to a new study. The carbon stored globally by plants is shorter-lived and ...

A comprehensive review from the Agricultural University of Hunan reveals how plastic particles in soil, sea, and air directly and indirectly amplify greenhouse gas emissions, creating a dangerous ...

A Peking University research team led by Wang Heyuan and Wang Kai at the Institute for Carbon Neutrality (ICN) used AI models to determine that the global land carbon sink has drastically shrunk due ...

A perspective article by international scientists underscores a critical new dimension to the global plastic crisis: Plastic pollution is not just harming wildlife and human health, but also ...

Earth’s top 2 meters (6 feet) of soil hold 2.5 trillion metric tons of carbon — more than is held in living vegetation and the atmosphere combined. But soil carbon sinks are under threat — global ...