Rising carbon dioxide levels are heating the planet but may also have an alarming, invisible impact on the human body, ...

New analyses of ancient ice from Antarctica and the air contained inside it are extending the history of Earth's climate records and expanding researchers' understanding of how the planet has changed ...

For the first time, scientists have measured atmospheric gases from the late Pliocene, yielding data that could help to predict the future climate ...

Humans evolved in an atmosphere containing roughly 200–300 parts per million (ppm) of carbon dioxide (CO₂). Today, that figure sits above 420 ppm, higher than at any point in the history of our ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. CO2 levels are altering the ...

RIGHT NOW I’M LIVE IN NEW ORLEANS. CHANTAL DAVIS, WDSU NEWS. CHANTAL. THANK YOU. AND NOW TO BATON ROUGE. THE LSU DIGITAL MEDIA BUILDING WAS EVACUATED AS A PRECAUTION AFTER ELEVATED CARBON MONOXIDE ...

James Dyke is an associate professor of earth system science and assistant director of the Global Systems Institute at the University of Exeter in England. As complex as the climate system is, its ...

Cutting down swathes of boreal forest and sinking the trees into the depths of the Arctic Ocean could remove up to 1 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere each year. Coniferous trees ...

A new study has found that the trunks of trees in the Amazon have become thicker in recent decades — an unexpected sign of the rainforest’s resilience in response to record-high levels of CO2 in the ...

Orange cup corals, pictured growing on rocks above, are native to the Pacific Ocean. As they grow, the corals incorporate minerals from seawater, leaving a valuable historical record in their ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...