As global temperatures continue to rise, scientists are working to understand how warming affects the planet’s carbon cycle. A new study published in Biocontaminant reveals that higher temperatures ...

When we think of charcoal or soot, we often picture a solid, inert substance. However, a significant portion of this "black carbon"—produced from wildfires, fossil fuel combustion, and biochar ...

Subtle temperature differences at the ocean surface allow more carbon dioxide (CO2) to be absorbed, new research shows. Subtle temperature differences at the ocean surface allow more carbon dioxide ...

The carbon cycle, as a biological process, encompasses the assimilation, transformation, and release of carbon by living organisms within the broader biogeochemical carbon flux. Primary producers fix ...

For the first time in recorded history the system that moves water around the planet is off balance, according to a landmark new report. Water moves around the world in "atmospheric rivers" as part of ...

The biological productivity of the Southern Ocean in the summertime is substantially greater than many previous estimates have suggested, according to new airborne research by the U.S. National ...