This process, called photosynthesis, is essential to the global carbon cycle and organisms that conduct photosynthesis represent the lowest level in most food chains (Figure 1). Most living things ...

When I was really young, I saw grass growing on the beach, and I thought ‘How is it possible that something can grow in the ...

With increased nitrogen availability there is often a change in carbon storage, thus impacting more processes than just the nitrogen cycle. In agricultural systems, fertilizers are used ...

Discover how plankton, the ocean's microscopic marvels, play a vital role in oxygen production and carbon sequestration.

The IAEA Environment Laboratories apply nuclear and isotopic techniques to better understand the carbon cycle, to evaluate the ocean’s ... carbon’s fate by using isotopes to analyse microbial ...

The principles of chemical oceanography provide insight into the processes regulating the marine carbon cycle. The text offers a background in chemical oceanography and a description of how chemical ...

By Ruth Kamnitzer Rocks play a vital yet often unrecognized role in the carbon cycle. Through a natural process that has ...

A new method has the potential to deliver significant energy savings, according to a study. Chemists have developed an ...

Most importantly, streamlining the carbon capture process helps reframe what scientists know about the carbon cycle, and is a vital step to setting up more complex strategies for faster and more ...

In this activity, students simulate a molecule of carbon’s movement through various locations in the carbon cycle, before acting out different human impact scenarios. I have collaborated on ...