carbon

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…

11 months ago

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…

11 months ago

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…

12 months ago

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…

1 year ago

Carbon capture from constructed wetlands declines as they age

Constructed wetlands do a good job in their early years of capturing carbon in the environment that contributes to climate…

1 year ago

New Soil Carbon Measurement Method Could Boost Trust in Carbon Credit Markets

Direct soil carbon measurement techniques are being explored as a method to improve accuracy in carbon credit markets, especially in…

1 year ago

The carbon in our bodies probably left the galaxy and came back on cosmic ‘conveyer belt’

Life on Earth could not exist without carbon. But carbon itself could not exist without stars. Nearly all elements except…

1 year ago

Paleobiologists unlock 500,000 years of fossil records: Climate change impacts and risks of marine carbon removal

A study co-led by Professor Moriaki YASUHARA and Ms Raine CHONG from the School of Biological Sciences, the Swire Institute…

1 year ago

It might be wrecking the climate, but carbon dioxide is actually good for your cells

The cells in our bodies are like bustling cities, running on an iron-powered system that uses hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) not…

1 year ago

Turning carbon emissions into methane fuel

Chemists have developed a novel way to capture and convert carbon dioxide into methane, suggesting that future gas emissions could…

1 year ago