U.S. forests have stored unprecedented levels of carbon in recent years, driven by a mix of climate forces and human land-use ...

U.S. forests have stored more carbon in the past two decades than at any time in the last century, an increase attributable to a mix of natural factors and human activity, finds a new study.

Removing trees deprives the forest of portions of its canopy, which blocks the sun’s rays during the day and retains heat at ...

Scientific American spoke with Brannen about what’s in his new book, how he came to see a simple gas as a character in a planetary epic and what the long history of CO 2 can tell us about our ...

The levels of the crucial heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere reached historic highs last year, growing at near-record fast paces, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

The main driver of climate change is carbon dioxide. So the fact that it is rising at rates unseen in the instrumental record — and likely much longer than that — is cause for alarm. Yet here we are.

Scientists examine a large dike, formed from a sheet of magma that came to Earth’s surface millions of years ago during the Columbia River Basalt eruptions. These dikes fed magma to massive eruptions.

Yellowstone National Park emits as much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere as some erupting volcanoes, analysis from the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory has found. However, this is still not nearly as ...

New research points to an unexpected way plastic pollution may be influencing Earth’s climate system. A recent study suggests ...