Amid serious concerns about the climate effects of carbon dioxide, scientists have discovered something intriguing — that trees appear to be growing faster and larger as levels of the compound rise.

Almost half of the carbon dioxide produced on the planet is consumed by the oceans, living organisms, and plants. At the same time, plants play the most important role, since they not only absorb CO2 ...

A prophetic discovery in the 1990s has turned into a global effort to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Companies of all sizes are racing to find the best way to do it. In the 1990s, a ...

When we look at the towering trees of old-growth forest patches in the Amazon, we might think these ancient beings have ...

TEMPE, AZ — A major breakthrough in the battle against climate change is nestled among the trees on ASU’s Tempe campus. “It’s not good enough anymore to just stop emitting,” said Dr. Klaus Lackner. Dr ...

Rising amounts of atmospheric carbon dioxide are benefitting tree growth, with forests in the Chesapeake Bay region growing two to four times faster than expected, scientists report in Proceedings of ...

Trees are “coughing” as they’re struggling to keep up with the sheer amount of heat-trapped carbon dioxide in the air. A team of researchers led by Penn State assistant research professor of ...

More CO2 in the atmosphere is driving mature oak trees to boost their photosynthesis, a process that scientists say could triple by 2050. Researches from the University of Birmingham in Australia ...

How can older trees help combat climate change? This is what a recent study published in Nature Climate Change hopes to address as an international team of researchers investigated changes in woody ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — If you plant some trees, is it OK to drive an Escalade? The question isn’t as silly as it sounds. People worried about global warming increasingly are trying to "offset" the carbon ...

Volunteers planted 20 trees in Ventura’s Community Park to reduce sound, dust and carbon dioxide emissions coming from the ...

A new study has found that dry seasons that are warmer and drier than usual can stunt the growth of tropical trees, causing them to take in less carbon dioxide. While trees tend to grow more during ...