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

Authors of a new Colorado State Forest Service report say forests naturally cycle between carbon “sinks” and “sources” Colorado’s 22.8 million acres of forests are emitting more carbon into the ...

Tiny ants could affect carbon storage in the soil and alter the global climate balance, according to scientists.

Forests are central to the Earth’s carbon balance, serving as the largest terrestrial carbon sinks and removing approximately one-fifth of anthropogenic CO₂ ...

Photosynthesis is the oldest carbon-capture technology on Earth. For eons, plants have pulled carbon dioxide from the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A flag with the logo of the European Space Agency (ESA) flutters in the wind on the premises of the Kourou space station in French ...

What impact does climate change have on Colorado forests? This is what a recent report by the Colorado State Forest Service addressed as a team of researchers investigated climate change effects on ...

Amazon carbon decline: Scientists found storms and drying are reducing carbon residence time in Amazon forests, undermining their role as a long-term carbon sink. Record global fires: From January to ...

Some fungi are wasteful, while others recycle—and this can determine how much carbon is stored in a forest. Researchers at Lund University have now revealed how fungi manage their mycelium, the ...