Levels of carbon dioxide — the most abundant planet-warming gas in the air — jumped up by a record amount in 2024.

Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere hit “next-level” highs, scientists say. Earth’s ecosystems breaking down under extreme ...

Scientists are worried because they can’t fully explain the big jump, but they think it might mean that carbon absorption by forests, fields and wetlands is slowing down—a major problem for the world.

Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has spiked to levels not seen in millions of years on Earth due mainly to the burning of ...

The lack of context minimized the government’s own findings that atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide — the most abundant planet-warming gas in the air — jumped up by a record amount in 2024.

Rising temperatures and higher carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have been linked to increased concentrations of ...

NOAA research shows it would take the average tree more than 1500 years to sequester the amount of carbon dioxide a whale can ...

In UK, Project SeaCURE is pioneering technology to extract CO₂ directly from seawater, enhancing the ocean's natural carbon ...

That jump is 27 percent larger than the previous record increase, in 2015, and puts atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations at a level not seen in at least 3 million years. Though the vast ...

Major economies are overstating how much carbon their forests can absorb in a climate accounting fudge that could allow them ...

Rice, the world’s most consumed grain, will become increasingly toxic as the atmosphere heats and as carbon dioxide emissions ...