Autotrophs participate in the carbon cycle by fixing carbon dioxide to produce the biomass ... which is present in plants, algae, cyanobacteria and proteobacteria. A second autotrophic pathway ...

A study from the U.S. Geological Survey found the ecosystems on California's public lands are losing the carbon they've ...

The stunning estimate offers hope that natural ecosystems in pan-tropical forests could help humans control global warming.

Plants worldwide are absorbing about 31% more carbon dioxide than scientists previously ... This discovery changes our understanding of Earth's carbon cycle and could reshape climate change ...

The amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) released by microbial decomposition of soil organic carbon on a global scale is ...

For flowering plants, this cycle begins with a seed ... They soak up sunlight and carbon dioxide from the air. This produces food for the plant. We call this ‘Photosynthesis’.

They absorb carbon dioxide from the air while releasing water vapor and oxygen via photosynthesis—the process by which plants take in ... for the global water cycle. While stomatal closure ...

Crops, like all plants, draw carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere during ... why we need to rethink the carbon cycle. He says it is a misunderstanding to think of carbon as pollution ...

Scientists have long sought ways to help plants turn more carbon dioxide (CO2) into biomass, which could boost crop yields and even combat climate change. Recent research suggests that a group of ...

An industrial-scale incinerator generating electricity by burning garbage is the largest producer of greenhouse gases ...

The land’s biological processes are generally balanced: Plant growth and decay result in roughly 4 tons of carbon dioxide absorbed ... carbon cycle researchers have little ability to directly ...