Bacteria hitchhiking on marine snow can dissolve its calcium carbonate ballast, slowing the particles’ descent.

The scientists behind the first-of-its-kind experiment in the Gulf of Maine said they had sequestered carbon without harming marine life.

Marine snow carries carbon to the deep ocean, but bacteria feeding on the particles can dissolve their calcium carbonate ballast. This slows sinking and may reduce how effectively the ocean stores ...

In this world, plastic is the most stubborn waste. Normally, the plastic waste gets disposed of via municipal collection, ...

Sunlight hits tiny particles of plastic floating in a clear water solution. Slowly, they begin to disappear, leaving behind a ...

Deep in the Arctic north, drained peatlands—once massive carbon vaults built over thousands of years—are quietly leaking greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. But new field research from northern ...

(nrd/Unsplash) Say hello to ionocaloric cooling. It's a new way to lower temperatures, with the potential to replace existing ...

A new leaf imaging system lets scientists watch plant stomata control water loss and carbon uptake in real time.

Have you ever stopped to wonder how forecasters can predict the weather days in advance, or how scientists figure out how the ...