Redwood trees aren't exclusive to America ... the one that accounts for the largest amount of global warming is carbon dioxide, atmospheric levels of which have risen dramatically through the ...

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

Earth exceeded 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming above preindustrial times, a threshold beyond which wildfires, droughts, floods ...

On the east coast of Australia, in tropical North Queensland, lies the Daintree rainforest – a place where the density of trees forms ... They absorb carbon dioxide from the air while releasing ...

Jan 15 (Reuters) - A U.S. regulator on Wednesday proposed new rules to strengthen safety requirements for carbon dioxide and hazardous liquid pipelines at a time when carbon capture technologies ...

The world is adept at balancing the warming gases in its atmosphere, but anthropogenic climate change is challenging this balance. A new study reports that 34 percent of the Arctic-boreal zone ...

Carbon capture is a front-running technology for removing CO 2 from the atmosphere, but finding sustainable ways to store that carbon can be a challenge. A new study examines ways that carbon ...

In this case, faster-growing trees, with softer wood, tend to prevail over denser species with a higher carbon-storage capacity. In 2023, about 3.7 million hectares (8.14 million acres) of primary ...

Trees and forests are often called the "lungs of the planet" because of their vital role in producing oxygen and absorbing carbon dioxide. Trees play a pivotal role in mitigating climate change ...

Concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) are now more than 50% higher than before humans started burning large amounts of fossil fuels. Last year, fossil fuel emissions were at record highs ...