Contrary to popular belief, the rise of land mammals may not be solely linked to the disappearance of dinosaurs. A study ...

Learn more about the mammalian transition from arboreal to terrestrial life, which began millions of years before the arrival ...

Fossils from China’s Turpan-Hami Basin reveal it was a rare land refuge during the end-Permian extinction, with fast ...

Terrestrial carbon sinks grew by 30% from 1992 to 2019, with most carbon stored in nonliving pools, not forests, prompting a ...

Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are steadily rising because of human activities, which is wreaking havoc on the ...

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Recent studies have shown that carbon stocks in terrestrial ecosystems are increasing, mitigating around 30% of the CO 2 emissions linked to human activities. The overall value of carbon sinks on the ...

Recent studies have shown that carbon stocks in terrestrial ecosystems are increasing, mitigating around 30% of the CO 2 emissions linked to human activities. The overall value of carbon sinks on ...

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Fossil evidence of a diverse plant ecosystem that thrived in a Chinese desert during the world’s largest mass extinction could offer insight into how humans could survive a future great dying event.

State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, International Joint Research Center for Atmospheric Research (IJRC), College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, ...