Rising temperatures make plants lose more water, weakening their ability to absorb carbon dioxide and survive heat stress.

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 ...

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 ...

Oli France has completed the third leg of his Ultimate Seven Project – to travel the lowest and highest point on seven continents.

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

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions are a major contributor to the climate crisis, and while the world works to reduce emissions, ...

Since the late 1700s, we’ve been taught that light creates oxygen through photosynthesis, a crucial natural process that keeps life on Earth thriving. Plants, algae, and some bacteria soak up sunlight ...

These global threats are caused by seawater absorbing the excess heat and carbon dioxide ... is the byproduct. Oxygen levels on coral reefs naturally fluctuate in a daily cycle, with dissolved ...

Home to numerous factories, refineries and thermal power plants, Chiba bears the dubious distinction of emitting the most carbon dioxide ... CO2 displaced the oxygen in the air and caused people ...