A new study co-led by the Smithsonian and the University of Arizona offers the most detailed glimpse yet of how Earth’s ...

Human activities now account for two-thirds of all methane venting to the atmosphere, and our efforts to staunch the flow are ...

The ocean plays an important role in the global carbon cycle by absorbing about one-quarter of the carbon emitted by human ...

The Amazon, often called the "lungs of the planet," is the world's largest tropical forest, playing a crucial role in the ...

as part of what is called ‘the global carbon cycle.’ A change in any of these fluxes could have wide-ranging impacts on ecosystems and our climate. The IAEA Environment Laboratories apply nuclear and ...

Forest soils, especially in boreal regions, play a central role in regulating atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2). They store a ...

Just 5% of more than 4,000 projects in the global carbon-credit market are considered high quality, according to an analysis ...

This process, called photosynthesis, is essential to the global carbon cycle and organisms that conduct photosynthesis represent the lowest level in most food chains (Figure 1). Most living things ...

While technology and regulations are critical, leadership, collaboration, and early intervention by all industry players are ...

Global methane emissions have risen faster than ever over the last 5 years, with at least two-thirds of annual methane ...

Though it is the most well-known and second most abundant greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide is only one of the gases we need to ...