Scientists and policymakers are now faced with a difficult question: should the pursuit of greener energy come at the cost of ...

Curiosity found large organic molecules in a 2013 Mars rock sample. These fragments suggest Mars had the right chemistry for ...

The interaction of ancient water on Mars with olivine-rich rocks converted carbon dioxide into methane, which could have been ...

Mysterious tunnels in desert rocks may be the work of unknown microbes, hinting at a hidden world inside marble and limestone ...

CO₂ was first stored, though unintentionally, underground in 1972 in Texas, USA, in order to “pump” oil and encourage its extraction, a technique that is still often used today.

When mollusks and other carbon-rich organisms die ... these deposits can alter physically and chemically to become rocks and sediments themselves. Ocean ecosystems play a critical role in carbon ...

"Fossil feathers are usually preserved in ancient mudrocks laid down in lakes or lagoons. The fossil vulture is preserved in ...

By tapping into existing hydrogen accumulations and stimulating underground rocks to make more of the electron-rich gas, a new crop of energy entrepreneurs think they can put low-carbon hydrogen ...

The centres of the leopard spots are rich in iron and sulfur ... seeds and leopard spots formed when carbon-containing ‘organic’ compounds in the rock reacted with iron and sulfate minerals.

In nature, iron-rich rocks release hydrogen as a byproduct of ... potentially offering a rapid replacement for harmful carbon-emitting fossil fuels. “Using a conservative range of input values ...

Stanford University chemists have developed a practical, low-cost way to permanently remove atmospheric carbon dioxide, the main driver of global warming and climate change. The new process uses heat ...

Frontier, a carbon capture buying consortium founded by Stripe, Alphabet, Shopify, Meta, and McKinsey, has signed $33 million in offtake agreements with enhanced rock weathering (ERW) firm Eion. As ...