The seafloor is home to around one-third of all the microorganisms on the Earth and is inhabited even at a depth of several kilometers.

Microbes are by far the most important factor in determining how much carbon is stored in the soil, according to a new study with implications for mitigating climate change and improving soil health for agriculture and food production.

A delicate tracery of dust and bright star clusters threads across this image from the James Webb Space Telescope.

Night-time pollinators such as moths may visit just as many plants as bees, and  should also be the focus of conservation and protection efforts, a new study from the University of Sheffield suggests.

Rising temperatures could push ocean plankton and other single-celled creatures toward a carbon tipping point that fuels more warming. 

There are many effects of climate change. Perhaps the most broadly known is global warming, which is caused by heat building up in various parts of the Earth system, such as the atmosphere, the ocean, the cryosphere and the land. 

New study confirms protected forests preserve equivalent to one year of global fossil fuel emissions through avoided emissions.

The vast underground network of fungi beneath our feet stores over 13 gigatons of carbon around the world, roughly equivalent to 36 per cent of yearly global fossil fuel emissions, according to new research.

As Earth’s climate continues to warm due to the emission of greenhouse gasses, extreme and anomalous weather events are becoming more common.

There could be billions of shallow lakes and ponds on Earth, though lack of mapping systems makes it hard to know just how many exist.