• About
  • Special Reports
  • Topics
    • Climate
    • Earth Science
    • Oceans
    • Space & Planets
    • Health & Ecosystems
    • Culture & Policy
    • Education & Careers
    • Opinions
  • Projects
    • ENGAGE
    • Third Pod from the Sun
    • Eos en Español
    • Eos 简体中文版
    • Print Archive
  • Newsletter
  • Submit to Eos
  • AGU.org
  • AGU Publications
    • AGU Journals
    • Editors’ Highlights
    • Editors’ Vox
  • Career Center
  • AGU Blogs
  • Join AGU
  • Give to AGU
  • About
  • Special Reports
  • Topics
    • Climate
    • Earth Science
    • Oceans
    • Space & Planets
    • Health & Ecosystems
    • Culture & Policy
    • Education & Careers
    • Opinions
  • Projects
    • ENGAGE
    • Third Pod from the Sun
    • Eos en Español
    • Eos 简体中文版
    • Print Archive
  • Newsletter
  • Submit to Eos
Skip to content
Eos

Eos

Science News by AGU

Sign Up for Newsletter

carbon capture & sequestration

A collage of different diatom species
Posted inNews

Ocean Acidification May Drive Diatom Decline

by Clarissa Wright 28 June 202228 June 2022

Diatoms contribute to global oxygen production, marine food webs, and carbon sequestration, but scientists predict that diatom populations will decline due to ocean acidification associated with climate change.

Palm swamp in Peru
Posted inNews

Peeking at Peatlands: Satellite Data Fuel New Findings

by Adityarup Chakravorty 15 June 202229 June 2022

Researchers are combining hard-to-get field measurements with satellite imagery to gain new insight into where peatlands are and how they work.

Microscopic image of a mucosphere with microbes trapped inside it.
Posted inNews

The Ocean Is Still Sucking Up Carbon—Maybe More Than We Think

by Nancy Averett 3 May 20224 May 2022

Recent studies looking at carbon-sequestering microbes suggest we still have a lot to learn about the ocean’s biological carbon pump.

Illustrations showing the uses of fractures in the subsurface.
Posted inEditors' Vox

Understanding and Utilizing the Fractured Earth

by Hari Viswanathan and Jeffrey Hyman 26 April 202217 June 2022

The prediction of flow and transport in fractured rock is one of the great challenges in the Earth and energy sciences with far-reaching economic and environmental impacts.

In the foreground, the GEDI instrument appears as a large white box. In the background, an astronaut climbs along the space station’s external scaffolding.
Posted inNews

Scientists Fight to Keep Lidar on the Space Station

by Saima Sidik 6 April 20226 July 2022

Remote sensing experts may lose a key tool in the fight against climate change.

A meadow of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica
Posted inNews

Mortality of Seagrass Meadows May Not Kill Their Methane Release

by Derek Smith 31 March 202231 March 2022

New research indicates that seagrasses continue to release methane even after they die, complicating blue carbon initiatives.

A photo of a ponderosa pine forest in Arizona
Posted inNews

Tree Carbon Data That Ring True

by Nancy Averett 15 March 202215 March 2022

An international group of researchers may have found a way to better account for carbon storage in forests.

Forest edge
Posted inNews

Forest Edges Are More, Not Less, Productive Than Interior Forest

by Jenessa Duncombe 3 March 20223 March 2022

The boundaries of northeastern U.S. forests suck in more carbon dioxide than previously thought.

Aerial image of the study area and photograph of eddy covariance tower equipped with all measuring devices.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Being Cool is a Slow Ride When You’re a Restored Wetland

by Ankur R. Desai 16 February 202215 March 2022

Restoring formerly drained peat wetlands can mitigate climate-warming emissions but the reward takes patience.

Three-dimensional seismic observation with the CO2 reservoir labeled in green
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Neural Networks Can Identify Carbon Dioxide in Seismic Observations

by Morgan Rehnberg 28 January 20222 March 2022

By establishing a machine-driven approach to interpreting seismic observations of carbon dioxide injection, researchers hope to improve tracking of carbon capture and sequestration projects.

Posts navigation

1 2 3 Older posts

From AGU Journals

MOST SHARED
Reviews of Geophysics
“Global and Regional Trends and Drivers of Fire Under Climate Change”
By Matthew W. Jones et al.

HIGHLY CITED
Global Biogeochemical Cycles
“Emission of trace gases and aerosols from biomass burning”
By M. O. Andreae, P. Merlet

HOT ARTICLE
Geophysical Research Letters
“Relating Slip Behavior to Off-Fault Deformation Using Physical Models”
By Emily O. Ross et al.


About Eos
Contact
Advertise

Submit
Career Center
Sitemap

© 2022 American Geophysical Union. All rights reserved. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic