Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For decades, the climate science of trees and carbon logic felt somewhat simple: More carbon dioxide in the air means more ...

WOODS HOLE — Safety pins, zip ties, and red lipstick are almost all that scientist Phil Colarusso needs to complete his study. That, and his scuba-diving gear. “High-tech science,” said Colarusso, a ...

The biggest trees in the Peruvian Amazon store disproportionately more carbon than smaller trees do, a new study finds. But these larger trees are also the ones most likely to be harvested, which ...

A group of trees that grow fast, live long lives and reproduce slowly account for the bulk of the biomass. Irene del Carmen Torres Dominguez measures the diameter of a tree on Barro Colorado Island in ...

A mature tree does more than shade a backyard or line a city street. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a single mature tree can absorb more than 48 pounds of carbon dioxide per year, a ...

Through a decades-long study, UC Berkeley researchers discovered that consistent prescribed burns can help prevent wildfire risk and promote carbon sequestration, or the ability for plants to capture ...

Scientists in Wales have tested an unusual way to increase carbon storage in a newly planted forest by spreading crushed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 30-year study shows Amazon trees are growing larger, strengthening the forest's carbon sink role. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) For ...

In a polytunnel on the Scottish island of Bute, thousands of spindly Scots pine seedlings are growing. On the surface, nothing could appear more commonplace than Scots pine growing in Scotland. But ...

A new global analysis reveals a critical oversight in sustainable coffee and carbon-capture initiatives. These programs incentivize the planting of new trees yet fail to reward the preservation of ...