Where would carbon-based life be without carbon? There are 118 known chemical elements, but carbon is the fourth most abundant and perhaps the most important to human life. Everywhere you look, ...

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Carbon: the backbone of all life on earth. Economies, homes, and transportation are powered by it. But humans are putting out more of it than ever before, and it’s resulting in one ...

UCSB research offers a new perspective on how carbon is stored in the deep ocean and what it could mean for maintaining Earth ...

Carbon dioxide provides the carbon that is the building block of all life. Plants consume carbon dioxide to grow and animals consume plants to obtain the necessary carbon for existence. If the level ...

One element is the backbone of all forms of life we’ve ever discovered on Earth: carbon. One element is the backbone of all forms of life we’ve ever discovered on Earth: carbon. Number six on the ...

The proposed demolition of Marks and Spencer’s flagship Oxford Street store has received widespread attention, and not for the reasons high profile developments often grab the headlines. In this ...

The best places in our solar system to search for life beyond Earth aren’t planets like Mars – they’re icy moons like Europa. The case for life on this watery world just got stronger, as the James ...