Most people believe rainforests are the lungs of our planet, pumping out vast amounts of the oxygen we breathe. This compelling image has shaped environmental campaigns and political speeches for ...

Research has uncovered important new insights into the evolution of oxygen, carbon, and other vital elements over the entire history of Earth -- and it could help assess which other planets can ...

Methods to enhance the ocean's uptake of carbon dioxide (CO₂) are being explored to help tackle the climate crisis. However, some of these approaches could significantly exacerbate ocean deoxygenation ...

Scientists have, for the first time, implemented the triple isotopic composition of dissolved oceanic oxygen in the fully ...

When it comes to diatoms that live in the ocean, new research suggests that photosynthesis is not the only strategy for accumulating carbon. Instead, these single-celled plankton are also building ...

Life on Earth exists, because there is oxygen in the atmosphere. We know how it began. Cyanobacteria figured out how to crack ...

Ancient South African rocks expose the chain reaction behind life’s first real growth spurt.