I am a retired plant scientist. Over the years I have commented on the essential role that CO2 plays in photosynthesis, the basis of virtually all life on Earth. In the last two years I have ...

Contrary to what “plant scientist” Greg Fox claimed in recent letter to the editor, CO2 greenhouse effects at the earth’s surface was first measured directly by Berkely Lab at sites in Oklahoma and on ...

Earth Day began 55 years ago on this date, April 22, 1970, in the United States. The movement was spearheaded by student activist Denis Hayes who was recruited by Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Wilson to ...

Climate warming could cause much greater soil carbon losses in the tropics than previously predicted, with potentially dire consequences for the global climate, according to a new study published in ...

PELLSTON, Mich. (AP) -- Chain saws scream in a northern Michigan forest, but it's not the familiar sound of lumberjacks. This time the tree killers are environmental researchers. They hope that years ...

"CO2 is a trace gas in our atmosphere," the post is captioned. "Numbers say that all the nonsense we're subjected too in reference to it's effect and our contribution to the amount in the atmosphere ...

According to a recent study published in Nature Geoscience, scientists have found that soil carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions are more sensitive to climate warming in permafrost-collapsed areas than in ...

A study examining the effects of higher temperatures on soil shows that warming alone does not increase levels of carbon dioxide emitted from the soil. Instead, higher temperatures combined with more ...

There's nothing quite like going for a walk on a bright, spring day. But basking in the sunshine could soon be a thing of the past. That's because it has emerged that experts are planning on dimming ...

New research shows warming events can, under certain conditions, trigger long-term cooling strong enough to resemble past ice ages.