India generates approximately 500 million tons (MT) of crop residues annually, with around 141 MT categorised as surplus, and 92 MT being burned. The improper m ...

The technique is pretty straightforward and potentially very cheap, but will need to be scaled up significantly to make a difference.

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Rising temperatures make plants lose more water, weakening their ability to absorb carbon dioxide and survive heat stress.

California's wildfires are causing long-term environmental and economic damage that we have yet to grapple with. They should be treated as a collective challenge.

A research team has shown that methanogens, micro-organisms ubiquitous in low-oxygen environments like aquifers, soil and even permafrost, can propel their growth by dissolving calcium carbonate, one ...

Where would carbon-based life be without carbon? There are 118 known chemical elements, but carbon is the fourth most ...

A University of Nebraska-Lincoln research team has identified new microscopic players in the global carbon cycle, a discovery ...

Explore the surprising shift in Colorado forests as they begin releasing more carbon than they absorb, affecting climate ...

Colorado's forests store a massive amount of carbon, but dying trees -- mostly due to insects and disease -- have caused the state's forests to emit more carbon than they absorbed in recent years, ...