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 ...

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is the process of separating and storing carbon dioxide emitted during certain industrial processes Greg Daugherty has worked 25+ years as an editor and writer for ...

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

Cattle are notoriously the most planet-warming, methane-emitting of all the farmed animals. But Johnnie's business, near ...

A new study shows that the Southern Ocean releases far more carbon dioxide in winter than once thought. By combining laser ...

Based on a half century of data, new research shows that woody biomass, a major component of tropical rainforest ecosystems, has become a net emitter of carbon dioxide.

Have you heard about the miracle quick-fix for our climate ills? The greenhouse gas methane is responsible for roughly 30 percent of the increase in global temperature since the industrial revolution ...

Researchers studied rainforests in northeastern Australia. These wet rainforests are very dense, and their canopies help cool down their ecosystems and store large amounts of carbon. Robert Linsdell ...