Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. Burning oil, gas, and coal — literal fossil fuels, made from the compressed ...

The following is an excerpt from Elemental: How Five Elements Changed Earth’s Past and Will Shape Our Future, by Stephen Porder. Disclaimer: When you purchase products through the Bookshop.org link on ...

Subarctic ecosystems store large amounts of carbon. As the climate continues to warm, more and more carbon is being released into the atmosphere. There are large uncertainties concerning the extent to ...

The idea of animating the carbon cycle (ACC) is relatively new. The concept champions the role that healthy populations of wild animals, both terrestrial and marine, can play in boosting the ability ...

Burning oil, gas, and coal — literal fossil fuels, made from the compressed remains of ancient plants and plankton — has released carbon into Earth’s atmosphere, where it traps heat and alters the ...