Shells of tiny ocean creatures reveal a hidden boundary in the Atlantic that could affect the Earth's global carbon cycle.

An international team of scientists has discovered that plants are not responding to global warming in the way researchers ...

Global data centers used 448 trillion watt-hours of electricity in 2025, more than all but 10 countries of the world, said a ...

The ocean is full of invisible workers. Trillions of microbes quietly break down carbon-containing organic matter, which ...

DULUTH — Burning trash and wood to generate electricity will now be considered a carbon-free source under Minnesota’s landmark clean energy law, after a decision by state utility regulators following ...

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This image shows a comparison between the synthetic biology–engineered plant (right) and the wild-type plant. Dr. Liao’s team has developed a novel “McG plant” with a mechanism that recycles the ...

CARBON: The Book of Life. By Paul Hawken. Viking. 256 pages. $28. Who is best equipped to survive a global cataclysm? The answer, not surprisingly, are the most “primitive” peoples. Those who have ...

Where would carbon-based life be without carbon? There are 118 known chemical elements, but carbon is the fourth most abundant and perhaps the most important to human life. Everywhere you look, ...