New ‘Artificial Leaf’ Converts Harmful Carbon Dioxide Into Fuel
Scientists have created an “artificial leaf” to fight climate change by inexpensively converting harmful carbon dioxide (CO2) into a useful alternative fuel. The new technology,…
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Make Like a Leaf: ‘Carbon Photosynthesis’ With Nanotechnology to Convert CO2 Into Fuels
Researchers develop process for carbon dioxide conversion. University of Sydney researchers are drawing inspiration from leaves to reduce carbon emissions, using nanotechnology to develop a…
Doubt Cast on Carbon Capture by Stanford Study – “It Usually Increases Air Pollution”
Current approaches to carbon capture can increase air pollution and are not efficient at reducing carbon in the atmosphere, according to research from Mark Z….
It’s Not Just Smokestacks to Worry About: Mountain Streams Emit a Surprising Amount of CO2
For the first time, an EPFL-led team of scientists has measured the total amount of CO2 emissions from mountain streams worldwide. This research builds on…
New Material Captures Carbon Dioxide and Efficiently Converts It to Useful Organic Materials
A new material that can selectively capture carbon dioxide (CO2) molecules and efficiently convert them into useful organic materials has been developed by researchers at…
Evidence for Past High-Level Sea Rise Discovered By Scientists
Scientists discover evidence for past high-level sea rise at current atmospheric carbon dioxide levels. Mallorcan cave yields 4-million-year-old geologic evidence providing new insights into magnitude…
Study Reveals How Plants Adapt to Rising Carbon Dioxide
Study of the world’s tropical forests pinpoints how much water plants put back into the atmosphere compared to how much carbon they take up Study…
Microbes Have Adapted to Live on Food that is Centuries Old
Microbial communities living in deep aquatic sediments have adapted to survive on degraded organic matter, according to a study published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology and coauthored…
Even a Small Change in Earth’s Carbon Dioxide Makes a Big Difference – Here’s Why
In July 2015, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency head Gina McCarthy was being grilled by lawmakers over President Obama’s Clean Power Plan requiring states to limit…
New Polymer Material Uses Carbon Dioxide to Self‐Repair
A material designed by MIT chemical engineers can react with carbon dioxide from the air, to grow, strengthen, and even repair itself. The polymer, which…
New Lithium-Based Battery Design Makes Use of Greenhouse Gas
New lithium-based battery could make use of greenhouse gas before it ever gets into the atmosphere. A new type of battery developed by researchers at…
MIT-Developed Technique Turns Emissions Into Fuel
Scientists at MIT have developed a new system that could potentially be used for converting power plant emissions of carbon dioxide into useful fuels for…
NASA Study Reveals Cause of Earth’s Recent Record Carbon Dioxide Spike
A newly published study provides space-based evidence that Earth’s tropical regions were the cause of the largest annual increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration seen…
Scientists Discover a New Approach for Changing CO2 into CO
Using a zinc-porphyrin electrocatalyst, chemists from Yale University and Oregon State University have discovered the framework for a new method of electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction….
New Study Shows Warmer Temperatures May Increase Emissions of Carbon Dioxide from Alaskan Tundra
A newly published study reveals that warmer temperatures and thawing soils may be driving an increase in emissions of carbon dioxide from Alaskan tundra to…
NASA’s New Global View of CO2, Critical Step for Carbon-Cycle Science
NASA’s new global view of carbon dioxide builds on the agency’s previous satellite measurements of carbon dioxide and combines them with a sophisticated Earth system…
Study Reveals Oceanic Carbon Release Helped End the Ice Age
New research shows that high concentrations of dissolved carbon dioxide in ocean water coincides with rises in atmospheric carbon dioxide and global temperatures at the…
MIT Research Reveals Natural Impediment to Long-Term Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide
A new study reveals a natural impediment to the long-term sequestration of carbon dioxide, showing that as carbon dioxide works its way underground only a…