Warming Will Reduce Trees’ Ability to Slow Climate Change New research suggests that the most…
Browsing: Carbon Dioxide
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a colorless, odorless gas that plays a vital role in Earth’s atmosphere and biological systems. Produced naturally through processes like respiration, volcanic eruptions, and decomposition, it is also emitted in large quantities by human activities such as burning fossil fuels and deforestation. CO₂ is essential for photosynthesis, enabling plants to convert sunlight into energy, but its increasing concentration in the atmosphere is a major driver of climate change. Scientists closely monitor carbon dioxide levels to understand their impact on global temperatures, ocean chemistry, and ecosystems, making it a central topic in environmental and climate research.
Rise of carbon dioxide unabated: Seasonal peak reaches 417 parts per million at Mauna Loa…
Tracking Fossil Fuel Emissions With Carbon-14 Researchers from NOAA and the University of Colorado have…
Water is split into hydrogen and oxygen by electrolysis, but if CO2 is also added…
Researchers develop an enhanced device to transform CO2 into valuable chemicals 10 times faster than…
Separation membrane could vastly improve multiple chemical processes. Methanol is a versatile and efficient chemical…
As Our Planet Gets Greener, Plants Are Slowing Global Warming But an international team of…
A new artificial photosynthesis approach uses sunlight to turn carbon dioxide into methane, which could…
A material revolution replacing cement and steel in urban construction with wood can have double…
Diving 200 feet (60 meters) under the ocean surface to conduct scientific research can lead…
While regular fish have flat scales, shark ‘scales’ look more like teeth. But their denticles…
Researchers at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have patented a new concept that could…
Humankind will need to harness carbon capture and storage technologies to help keep global warming…
An international team co-led by an Oregon State University chemistry researcher has uncovered a better…
Wetting a Polymer Membrane Improved Its Ability to Capture CO2 Reducing the level of CO2…
In a joint research study from Sweden, scientists from Chalmers University of Technology and Stockholm…
Scientists devise new catalyst that uses light to turn carbon dioxide to fuel. The concentration…
Coal use is down dramatically in the United States and the European Union, and renewable…