New research points to an unexpected way plastic pollution may be influencing Earth’s climate system. A recent study suggests that microscopic plastic pollution is reducing the ocean’s capacity to ...

A new study reveals that microplastics are impairing the oceans' ability to absorb carbon dioxide, a process scientists find crucial for regulating Earth's temperature.

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Our planet has experienced dramatic climate shifts throughout its history, oscillating between freezing "icehouse" periods ...

Researchers have uncovered surprising evidence that the deep ocean’s carbon-fixing engine works very differently than long assumed. While ammonia-oxidizing archaea were thought to dominate carbon ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising mechanism that may explain how Earth cooled dramatically after the age of dinosaurs.

The Lomagundi-Jatuli event, which occurred more than two billion years ago, followed the Great Oxygenation Event and was marked by a significant change in the isotopic composition of carbon. Its cause ...