Over the last decade, humanity's emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) have stabilized after a period of huge growth. Average growth is now down to just 0.6% per year, compared to 2% per year in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The amount of carbon dioxide detected in the atmosphere hit a record high in April. CO2 levels averaged about 431 parts per ...

Increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide levels pose a new threat to global pollinators. Larger bee species are becoming less ...

The level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere measured by a weather station at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii increased by 3.58 parts per million in 2024 – the biggest jump since records began ...

Earth’s atmosphere now has more carbon dioxide in it than it has in millions — and possibly tens of millions — of years, according to data released Thursday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

Atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide made history last month by climbing to their highest seasonal peak available in historical records, a team of researchers reported. For the first time ever ...

As humans burn fossil fuels and pump carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, we are heating up the planet. But there is another alarming impact of this climate pollution: it may be changing the chemistry ...

Orange cup corals, pictured growing on rocks above, are native to the Pacific Ocean. As they grow, the corals incorporate minerals from seawater, leaving a valuable historical record in their ...

"We finally pieced together the geologic records necessary to test this hypothesis." ...

While it is widely known that rising carbon dioxide emissions have significantly impacted the climate and our ecosystems, scientists recently found a less expected outcome. Increased CO2 levels have ...