Rivers have long played a key role in the planet’s carbon cycle. They move and release gases like carbon dioxide (CO₂) and ...

Rivers are releasing ancient carbon dioxide, reshaping our understanding of the carbon cycle and its impact on climate change ...

return CO2 to the atmosphere through respiration. The movement of carbon through biotic components of the environment is known as the fast carbon cycle. It takes considerably less time for ...

The challenge in the search for habitable worlds is clear. We need to be able to identify habitable worlds and distinguish ...

New data shows that CO2 levels have broken through 430 parts per million, an indication that human-caused global warming will ...

A new study has revealed for the first time that ancient carbon, stored in landscapes for thousands of years or more, can ...

In climate news, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has revealed global carbon dioxide levels exceeded 430 ...

But that's balanced by the plants we eat, so humans and animals aren't affecting the balance of atmospheric carbon dioxide. It's a cycle, humans and other animals exhale carbon dioxide but ...

Mars has not always been a seemingly lifeless red desert. We have evidence that billions of years ago it had a warm, habitable climate with liquid water in lakes and flowing rivers, which is ...