As global temperatures climb, a critical but often-overlooked component of our ecosystems is stepping into the spotlight: dissolved organic matter, or DOM. Found everywhere from river water to forest ...

Carbon dioxide gets most of the attention when people talk about climate change, and for good reason. Carbon dioxide contributes the largest share of warming, accounting for approximately 66% of the ...

Global heating over this millennium could exceed previous estimates due to carbon cycle feedback loops. This is the conclusion of a new study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) ...

Mars, the enigmatic Red Planet, has long captivated humanity with its stark, seemingly barren landscape. Today, it’s a cold, dry world – a shadow of its once-vibrant past. But what if this desolate ...

Declining snow accumulation in the mountains of the Northeastern U.S. will likely reduce the ability of forests to act as a carbon sink, a study has found. The shrinking snowpack and destructive ...

Nitrous oxide, this faintly sweet-smelling three-atom gas, is a ghost that quietly, slowly creates perturbances in Earth’s atmosphere, first by choking it with greenhouse emissions and second, by ...

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 ...

How does climate change influence the planet’s nitrogen cycle? This is what a recent study published in Nitrogen Cycling hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated climate change’s impact ...

One project aims to harness local geothermal resources to pull CO2 from the air. Will it prove that carbon removal can really help our warming planet? The earth around Lake Naivasha, a shallow ...