Considered natural allies against climate change due to their absorption of carbon dioxide, plants may however offer more ...

A Dec. 29, 2022, Facebook post (direct link, archive link) features a photosynthesis diagram, with a plant using light and carbon dioxide to produce oxygen and carbohydrates. "Remember science," reads ...

In short: more carbon in the air does not guarantee more carbon in the wood. Between those two lies a living network of ...

New research from The University of Western Australia has revealed that plants make their own "secret" decisions about how much carbon to release back into the atmosphere via a previously unknown ...

A study recently published in the journal Nature finds plants have been absorbing 31 percent more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than previously assumed and modeled. The international team of ...

Congress and federal regulators are poised to make a misguided and reckless decision that will stifle our economy recovery and spur long-term damage to plant and animal life on earth. In the coming ...

Plants play a huge role in shaping Earth’s climate. Through photosynthesis, they pull carbon dioxide (CO₂) out of the air. This massive exchange—called gross primary production (GPP)—is the largest ...

Overestimated nitrogen availability has led climate models to exaggerate how much plant growth can offset rising CO2 levels. Rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are a major driver of ...

A team of researchers in the U.S. claims that climate models used to predict the rise in CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere are approximately 17 percent too high because they incorrectly approximate ...

Keith Bein is a professional researcher at the UC Davis Air Quality Research Center and a research professor at the Center for Health and the Environment. (Karin Higgins, UC Davis) The realities of ...

A company proposing an $8 billion carbon dioxide pipeline through five states, including Iowa, says the project would be good for the environment. The claim is based on the heat-trapping carbon ...