Some species of fig trees store calcium carbonate in their trunks—essentially turning themselves (partially) into stone, new ...

By discovering carbonate rocks, NASA's Mars rovers may have unlocked the key to understanding the fate of the Red Planet's ...

Scientists discovered that fig trees in Kenya can store carbon dioxide as calcium carbonate rocks inside their trunks and ...

One of the great unsolved problems in modern planetary science is written on the surface of Mars. Mars has canyons that were ...

An analysis led by the University of Chicago of Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover data may explain why the planet was ...

What can the climate history of Mars teach scientists about whether the Red Planet once had the ingredients for life as we ...

Measuring shells and skeletons encased in thousands of limestone samples has revealed that the sheer amount of living stuff ...

We all know that trees are an important part of our climate efforts. But we usually envision this as lush forests soaking up ...

Fusulines thrived in cold seas but vanished twice when warming from volcanoes rapidly spiked ocean carbon levels.

Mars has long captured humanity’s imagination, especially given the tantalizing evidence of ancient river valleys and ...

Satellite imagery captured by Landsat 7, a joint mission of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and NASA, show a stark ...