Microplastics could be disrupting how oceans absorb and store carbon, potentially undermining a natural buffer that helps ...

For decades, climate policy has leaned on a comforting assumption: that as humans emit more carbon dioxide, plants will ...

For many years, scientists believed rising CO₂ levels would help Earth’s plants significantly slow climate change. As carbon dioxide increased in the atmosphere, plants were expected to grow faster ...

The world’s oceans are becoming dangerously acidic. A controversial proposal would raise the pH — by mixing chemicals into ...

Nat Pat, the Australian brand behind BuzzPatch, aka brightly coloured mosquito repellent stickers that have gone properly ...

Designed for Aussie summers, Nat Pat’s mosquito repellent stickers have gone viral with parents - and they’re currently ...

Trees are known for absorbing CO2. But microbes in their bark also absorb other climate-active gases, methane, hydrogen, and ...

We already knew forests were heavy lifters in reducing climate pollution. New research reveals the tiny microbes in tree bark ...

Tree bark has a total surface area similar to all of the land area on Earth. It is home to a wide range of microbial species ...

When an airplane flies, the wings are designed to provide enough lift to overcome the airplane’s weight, so the plane doesn’t ...

Metagenomic sequencing of tree bark microbiota indicated their ability to process some atmospheric gases, highlighting their ...