A year of measurements in Madrid's parks shows that soil moisture, not temperature, controls CO2 emissions from Mediterranean urban soils, overturning the standard exponential temperature model.

A new process-based model reveals that termites process roughly 1,569 teragrams of carbon per year, making them a substantial ...

On the surface, the arid expanses of the Mojave Desert may seem inhospitable and largely removed from the global carbon cycle. But beneath the surface, its mineral-rich soils are running a carbon ...

Satellite carbon dioxide observations detect more carbon-cycle extremes than ground stations but still miss many events and underestimate their magnitude.

When soil microbes eat plant matter, the digested food follows one of two pathways. Either the microbe uses the food to build its own body, or it respires its meal as carbon dioxide (CO 2) into the ...

A new computer model shows how the shutdown of a vital Atlantic current could force ancient, trapped carbon out of the ...

The winter polar caps are therefore closely connected to the Martian atmosphere. In the polar night, carbon dioxide can condense directly onto the surface, while atmospheric precipitation can produce ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A lone researcher may have figured out how Mars was able to support rivers and seas even after the planet had begun to grow cold ...

Energy Dome is using the gas to deliver cheap long-duration energy storage for the grid. There’s a growing need for ...

On the surface, the arid expanses of the Mojave Desert may seem inhospitable and largely removed from the global carbon cycle. But beneath the surface, its mineral-rich soils are running a carbon ...