New report reveals major risks in turning oceans into carbon sinks
The world’s oceans are expected to play a key part in drawing carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere to help slow dangerous climate warming. A central question is whether the…
Laser satellites expose a secret Antarctic carbon burst
A team of scientists has found that the Southern Ocean emits far more carbon dioxide (CO2) during the lightless Antarctic winter than researchers once believed. According to their new study,…
Earth’s inner core exists only because of carbon
A new study by researchers at the University of Oxford, University of Leeds, and University College London has identified a new constraint on the chemistry of Earth’s core, by showing…
The Latest Mustang GTD Ditches Paint for Pure Carbon
The Ford Mustang GTD is the most radical version of the model we have ever seen, and the Blue Oval has somehow taken it even further. The automaker has unveiled…
Tiny creatures, massive impact: How zooplankton store 65 million tonnes of carbon annually
A groundbreaking study has revealed that small but mighty zooplankton — including copepods, krill, and salps — are key players in the Southern Ocean’s ability to absorb and store carbon.…
Only 3 years left: The carbon budget for 1. 5 °C is almost gone
The central estimate of the remaining carbon budget for 1.5°C is 130 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) (from the beginning of 2025). This would be exhausted in a little…
Hidden carbon giants: Satellite data reveals a 40-year Arctic peatland surge
Peatlands across the Arctic are expanding as the climate warms, new research shows. Scientists used satellite data, drones and on-the-ground observations to assess the edges of existing peatlands (waterlogged ecosystems…
Rivers are exhaling ancient carbon — and climate math just changed
A new study has revealed for the first time that ancient carbon, stored in landscapes for thousands of years or more, can find its way back to the atmosphere as…
Study reveals healing the ozone hole helps the Southern Ocean take up carbon
New research suggests that the negative effects of the ozone hole on the carbon uptake of the Southern Ocean are reversible, but only if greenhouse gas emissions rapidly decrease. The…
Rising temperatures lead to unexpectedly rapid carbon release from soils
Globally, soils store more than twice as much carbon as the atmosphere. Therefore, carbon uptake and release by soils constitutes a strong regulator of atmospheric concentrations of the greenhouse gas…