Scientists have discovered an entirely new kind of wood, a finding that could turbocharge trees’ ability to store carbon.

Drawing on 50 case studies, the researchers divided buildings into three groups according to how much wood they use and, as a consequence, how much carbon dioxide they store.

In the trade, the corporations pay the landowners not to cut trees by purchasing a carbon offset, and then subtract emissions from their carbon ledgers. Timberland owners get paid as long as their ...

Drawing all eyes in a business district in downtown Yokohama, the Port Plus building is fashioned solely from tidy wooden columns and beams instead of the standard steel and concrete. The 44-meter ...

Normally, the wood-locked carbon would be dumped into the atmosphere. But by drawing CO 2 from this step in the process, the paper mill will be effectively removing carbon from the atmosphere by ...