Scientists are worried because they can’t fully explain the big jump, but they think it might mean that carbon absorption by forests, fields and wetlands is slowing down—a major problem for the world.

Earth Day began 55 years ago on this date, April 22, 1970, in the United States. The movement was spearheaded by Wisconsin ...

All in all, these records show that Earth's global average temperature has increased by about 1.8 F (1 C) since the ...

But in the multi-faceted fight to combat climate change, scientists are finding that crushed rocks judiciously applied to farmers’ fields may be a powerful force in removing heat-trapping carbon ...

MANILA, Philippines — With rising greenhouse gas emissions, climate change is occurring at rates much faster than anticipated, causing intense and devastating global temperatures, severe storms ...

The lack of context minimized the government’s own findings that atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide — the most ... which scientists would discuss global temperatures and the reasons for ...

NOAA research shows it would take the average tree more than 1500 years to sequester the amount of carbon dioxide a whale can ...

but the large-scale removal of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) in order to bring global temperatures back down below 1.5C. However, in a world where the carbon “budget” for 1.5C is already used up, ...