Carbon Sink

The Saya de Malha Bank is one of the world's largest seagrass fields and the planet's most important carbon sinks. It faces incalculable risks that threaten the future of humanity.

We've pumped huge amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere that needs to be paid back. Large animals like wolves, bison and whales may already be tackling the problem

Learn about the source of airborne microplastics, which were not, for the most part, introduced into the air by the ocean, as previous studies seem to suggest.

With deforestation rising and violence a threat, a bold initiative uses satellites to ensure supermarkets sell ethical, eco-friendly avocados.

It's creating carbon-balance chaos for Earth's atmosphere.

DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 17 (IPS) - Deep-sea mining may not be on the official agenda next week at the World Economic Forum in Davos (January 20-24), but restoring public trust in international cooperation is.

In the Brazilian Amazon, workers use metal tubes to sow seedlings in rapid succession, as part of an effort to reforest the jungle with millions of trees.

More than half of California's Sierra meadows have been degraded or lost. Investments from Prop. 4 could boost ongoing restoration work.

New research finds billions of tons of carbon get trapped in the everyday objects that make up the "technosphere."

For thousands of years, the Arctic's tundra sequestered more carbon than it emitted. Not anymore.

The Arctic experienced its second-hottest year on record, according to a NOAA report. The Arctic tundra has become a source of emissions, rather than a carbon sink.

Forests absorb planet-warming pollution, but world leaders shouldn't include them in plans to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, a new study recommends

MIT associate professor of civil and environmental engineering Admir Masic studies ancient materials, such as Roman concrete, while exploring ways to solve modern problems.

A low-budget rotating gravity machine reveals potential kink in climate models

This thing loves carbon.

Apple is supporting a national parks initiative in China, geared to providing training and education within the field of nature...

New research indicates Antarctica's melting ice is showing more plants, an ominous shift for the continent

Patrick Brown is trying to tell a complicated story about climate change. Many don't want to hear it.

The ocean's twilight zone is deep, dark, and—according to new research—iron deficient. No sunlight reaches this region 200 to 1,000 meters below the sea surface, where levels of iron, a key micronutrient, are so low that the growth of bacteria is restricted. To compensate, these bacteria produce molecules called siderophores, which help the bacteria scavenge trace amounts of iron from the surrounding seawater.

The ocean vegetable is the most sustainable ingredient not on your plate...yet.