For now, life is flourishing on our oxygen-rich planet, but Earth wasn't always that way – and scientists have predicted that ...

A research team has shown that methanogens, micro-organisms ubiquitous in low-oxygen environments like aquifers, soil and even permafrost, can propel their growth by dissolving calcium carbonate, one ...

Where would carbon-based life be without carbon? There are 118 known chemical elements, but carbon is the fourth most ...

Peatlands, one of the planet’s most crucial carbon sinks, are facing a crisis of protection and preservation, a new global ...

Provoking boos 25 years ago for radical stagings saturated with sex and violence, Calixto Bieito at age 61 has transformed ...

"Cycling into treacle" Wigan adventurer braves extreme winds and oxygen deficit riding from lowest to highest point in South ...

A Wigan adventurer said he felt he was “cycling into treacle” as he faced extreme winds riding across South America and low ...

A University of Nebraska-Lincoln research team has identified new microscopic players in the global carbon cycle, a discovery ...