By Suzana Camargo How have the trees in Amazonia reacted to the rise in CO2 emissions in recent centuries? It is common ...

As humanity continues to pump carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, scientists had long hoped that a portion of it would get gobbled up by plants — including the Earth’s vast forests — instead of ...

Trees are “coughing” as they’re struggling to keep up with the sheer amount of heat-trapped carbon dioxide in the air. A team of researchers led by Penn State assistant research professor of ...

Discover how oceans, living organisms, and plants naturally absorb carbon dioxide and why plants play a vital role in our ...

Rising amounts of atmospheric carbon dioxide are benefitting tree growth, with forests in the Chesapeake Bay region growing two to four times faster than expected, scientists report in Proceedings of ...

The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is increasing steadily, having recently reached the highest concentration in human history. While that’s undoubtedly bad news for the planet, one argued ...

More CO2 in the atmosphere is driving mature oak trees to boost their photosynthesis, a process that scientists say could triple by 2050. Researches from the University of Birmingham in Australia ...

A two decade-long experiment in the Sierra Nevada found that regular prescribed burns promote carbon sequestration in live ...

TEMPE, AZ — A major breakthrough in the battle against climate change is nestled among the trees on ASU’s Tempe campus. “It’s not good enough anymore to just stop emitting,” said Dr. Klaus Lackner. Dr ...

A prophetic discovery in the 1990s has turned into a global effort to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Companies of all sizes are racing to find the best way to do it. In the 1990s, a ...

A small machine sitting in the corner of an office is using algae to play what could be a key role in the fight against climate change. This U.S.-based tech start up says it's designed a prototype ...

A Denver brewery and commercial marijuana cultivator are both saving trees and growing weed, thanks to an emissions recycling partnership. A byproduct of yeast converting sugars into alcohol and ...