Part of the transformed Taklamakan Desert. (Le Yu/Tsinghua University) One of the driest regions in the world is being transformed into a carbon sink through a long-term, large-scale tree planting ...

A decades-long effort to plant shrubs and trees around the Taklamakan Desert, China’s largest desert and one of the driest ...

A new study shows city trees absorb more carbon dioxide than other urban plants and can sometimes balance daily traffic emissions.

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The ocean naturally absorbs CO₂ from the atmosphere, acting as a carbon sink. This capacity is determined by a natural chemical property referred to as ocean alkalinity. If the alkalinity increases, ...

New research shows the carbon absorbed by the Everglades is equal to 10 percent of the emissions coming from Florida roadways ...

A new study reveals that transforming biomass from dedicated energy crops into biochar could provide a cost-effective and scalable solution for ...

Carbon that has been buried in the Congo Basin's peatlands for millennia is seeping into lakes and rivers. Why this is happening remains unclear, but researchers warn that tropical peatlands could be ...

The ocean naturally pulls in about a quarter of the carbon dioxide people produce. It's the planet’s largest carbon sink. Some companies now aim to help it do even more. One of them, Equatic, is ...

Beavers could engineer riverbeds into promising carbon dioxide sinks, according to a new international study led by researchers at the University of Birmingham. The new paper, published in ...

Carbon storage could be the solution to tackling the climate change problem. Here's how it can be effective. (Elisabeth Van Roijen/UC Davis) LAS VEGAS (CN) — Ensuring Earth doesn't succumb to climate ...

Africa’s forests were once among the world’s largest carbon sinks, absorbing roughly 20% of all the carbon dioxide captured by plants. For centuries, the continent’s rainforests and woodlands helped ...