The EU wants to keep old trees standing to help hit decarbonization targets. But foresters resent what they regard as ...

Mangrove forests along the Amazon coast release significant amounts of trace elements such as neodymium and hafnium. These ...

In 2024, global temperatures exceeded 1.5°C above 19th-century levels. Surpassing this Paris Agreement target seems ...

Critical CO2 stores held in permafrost are being released as the landscape changes with global heating, a new report shows.

The project aims to investigate the role of seagrass meadows as carbon sinks and to develop recommendations for their protection. Funded with around €6 million as part of the Natural Climate ...

boreal forests, and wetlands in northern latitudes — and found that a shifting dynamic is underway. These environments were once mostly carbon dioxide sinks, meaning they absorbed more atmospheric CO2 ...

Indonesia aims to limit emissions growth to 23% by 2035 from 2019 levels through conserving forests and peatlands to mitigate pollution, according to a top official. The nation expects its total ...

Carbon sinks, meanwhile – such as forests, oceans and soils – absorb CO2 from the atmosphere, preventing the Earth from overheating due to this greenhouse effect. Our climate has existed this ...

An international team led by Woodwell Climate Research Center found that a third (34 percent) of the Arctic-boreal zone (ABZ)—the treeless tundra, boreal forests, and wetlands that make up Earth ...

"While we found many northern ecosystems are still acting as carbon dioxide sinks, source regions and fires are now canceling out much of that net uptake and reversing long-standing trends." ...