Carbon dioxide is accumulating in the atmosphere faster than ever — accelerating on a steep rise to levels far above any experienced during human existence, scientists from NOAA and Scripps ...

Carbon sustains life—but excess emissions are driving climate change. WWF is working to restore balance and protect our ...

Earth inhales and exhales carbon, indicating where and when vegetation is growing (sucking up carbon dioxide) or dying off ...

United Nations' climate change conferences are exercises in futility. That is becoming ever clearer as the 30th conference of ...

A new study reveals that Earth’s climate “thermostat” may sometimes overreact, turning global warming into an unexpected deep ...

Levels of planet-heating carbon dioxide gas in the atmosphere are rising “faster than ever,” according to a report published Thursday. That spells serious disruption for the climate in decades to come ...

Carbon dioxide is accumulating in the atmosphere faster than ever — accelerating on a steep rise to levels far above any experienced during human existence, scientists from NOAA and Scripps ...

Ancient trees may have played a key role in regulating Earth's climate during the last ice age—by 'breathing' less ...

Earth’s peatlands act as massive carbon vaults, but new research shows they may soon leak their ancient stores under extreme drought.

Climate change deniers love to point out that plants flourish when carbon dioxide levels rise. As we burn fossil fuels, their thinking goes, the Earth will become greener and even more supportive of ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Earth is a living thing, as the northern hemisphere breathes a breath of fresh air into the month of October. So, fall is not only a great time enjoy the cooler temperatures ...

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.