We all know that trees are an important part of our climate efforts. But we usually envision this as lush forests soaking up ...

In a surprising twist of nature, certain fig trees in Kenya are doing more than just bearing fruit—they’re capturing carbon ...

Learn about the ability of some fig trees to store atmospheric carbon dioxide and turn it into stone, a process that could ...

Remote Sensing is widely used in the field of geology for lithology mapping, mineral identification, and demarcation of regional structural features. In the present study, multifrequency (L and S-band ...

Mars has long captured humanity’s imagination, especially given the tantalizing evidence of ancient river valleys and ...

Scientists discovered that fig trees in Kenya can store carbon dioxide as calcium carbonate rocks inside their trunks and ...

Some species of fig trees store calcium carbonate in their trunks—essentially turning themselves (partially) into stone, new ...

An analysis led by the University of Chicago of Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover data may explain why the planet was ...

What can the climate history of Mars teach scientists about whether the Red Planet once had the ingredients for life as we ...

New research shows how Mars may have undone its own habitability, while Earth stayed stable enough to support life.

Characterizing heterogeneity is crucial to assess the variability of rock properties in carbonate reservoir samples. This work introduces an original multiscale approach to simulate permeability and ...