The culprit? Human activities. Oxygen, the most critical resource for life on Earth, plays an important role in other ...

A new study reveals significant changes in the global freshwater oxygen cycle. Rivers, streams, lakes, and reservoirs aren’t ...

This dual advantage—oxygen production and carbon storage—creates strong incentives ... the light-dependent reactions and the Calvin cycle (light-independent reactions). During the light ...

Forest carbon’s role in climate change mitigation is a hot topic these days, at least in the forestry world. As with many issues, a confusing miasma of information floats around the media. The planet ...

The Curiosity rover identified hidden caches of the mineral siderite, which could help explain why Mars lost its habitable climate.

(A) Photosynthesis in land plants fixes atmospheric CO2 (inorganic carbon) as organic carbon ... energy-rich food molecules and to produce oxygen.

And like plants, they also release oxygen, contributing at least 50% ... forms of sea life interact sheds light on Earth’s carbon cycle. Carbon, a chemical element, is found in all organic ...

A newly developed process helps solve this problem: CO2 is directly split electrochemically into carbon and oxygen. Oxygen could also be produced in this way under water or in space -- without ...

A newly developed process helps solve this problem: CO 2 is directly split electrochemically into carbon and oxygen. As a Chinese research team reports in the journal Angewandte Chemie ...

Rivers, streams, lakes, and reservoirs aren't just scenic parts of our landscape -- they're also vital engines for life on Earth. These inland waters 'breathe' oxygen, just like we do. But a new study ...

The IAEA Environment Laboratories apply nuclear and isotopic techniques to better understand the carbon cycle, to evaluate the ocean’s ... a region which is particularly sensitive to ocean warming, ...