Viruses may help store vast amounts of carbon in soil
A bacteriophage virus can kill microbes, influencing what happens to the carbon their bodies containnobeastsofierce Science/Alamy Viruses that infect other...
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Complex form of carbon spotted outside solar system for first time
Compounds called pyrenes have been detected in the Taurus molecular cloudESO A complex form of carbon crucial for life on...
Warmer winters mean world’s highest places may store less carbon
The Tibetan plateauNicolas Marino/mauritius images GmbH/Alamy Climate change is raising winter temperatures faster than those of summer, especially in high-altitude...
Anemos: World’s largest sailing cargo ship makes first transatlantic voyage
The cargo sailing ship Anemos is crossing the Atlantic OceanRonan Gladu/TOWT The world’s largest sailing cargo ship is making its...
A simple driving trick could make a big dent in cars’ carbon emissions
Researchers modelled nearly 1 million driving scenarios at US intersectionsAerial Archives / Alamy Stock Photo You may be guilty of...
Amazon soil may store billions more tonnes of carbon than once thought
The Xingu Indigenous Territory in the Amazon may contain over 900 square kilometres of dark earthLeo F Freitas/Getty Images Rich...
Millions of trees could grow faster with a boost from wild fungi
A start-up is inoculating tree seedlings with wild fungiFunga A million trees and counting have been inoculated with native fungi...