Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Infrared heaters trained on the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center's wetland in Edgewater help to warm it by 5.1 degrees ...

The carbon cycle is a staple on any Earth science class syllabus, but scientists are still studying its nuances.

In the race to combat global climate change, much attention has been given to natural 'carbon sinks:' those primarily terrestrial areas of the globe that absorb and sequester more carbon than they ...

Smelly and saturated with seawater, the marsh muck sucks at the waders of UC Santa Cruz graduate student Aliya Khan as she walks along a channel in Elkhorn Slough. She places a tube into the water, ...

ST. MARY PARISH – Louisiana’s wetlands are one of the planet’s most vital carbon storage centers, but destroying these reservoirs can accelerate harmful emissions that intensify global warming, ...

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This Chesapeake Bay wetland could be an environmental crystal ball. With infrared lamps pointed down at marsh grasses — and heating cables placed beneath them — the environment is 5.1 degrees Celsius ...