Biomass burning emits black carbon, a climate-active aerosol, with poorly constrained climate effects—models capture only 30% of observed black carbon in Southeast Asia. Here we use thermal-optical ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Until humans can find a way to geoengineer ourselves out of the climate disaster we’ve created, we must rely on natural carbon sinks, such as oceans and forests, to suck carbon ...

Approximately 10,000 teragrams (Tg) of waste gas carbon is emitted globally each year (see Figure 2-1), representing a large volume of potential inputs for carbon utilization technologies. However, ...

The trunks and branches of trees in Australia's tropical rainforests – also known as woody biomass – have become a net source of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, according to a new international ...

The trunks and branches of trees in Australia's tropical rainforests—also known as woody biomass—have become a net source of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, according to a new international study.

After locking carbon dioxide in its frozen soil for millennia, the Arctic tundra is undergoing a dramatic transformation, driven by frequent wildfires that are turning it into a net source of carbon ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Earth’s top 2 meters (6 feet) of soil hold 2.5 trillion metric tons of carbon — more than is held in living vegetation and the atmosphere combined.

Tropical forests draw down and store large quantities of CO₂ from the atmosphere. The Amazon rainforest in South America, for example, stores approximately 123 billion tonnes of carbon – more than is ...

A team of international scientists led by researchers from Australian universities has found the first evidence that woody biomass in tropical rainforests is acting as a long-term source of carbon ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A combination of increased microbial activity, thawing permafrost, and more frequent wildfires now means the Arctic is releasing more carbon ...

To help understand the emergence of life on Earth, some scientists are trying to unravel the cosmic carbon cycle. The interstellar chemistry of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)—a large family ...