Wait, the Atmosphere Is Only 0.04% Carbon Dioxide. How Does It Affect Earth’s Climate?
Carbon dioxide makes up 0.04% of the world’s atmosphere. Not 0.4% or 4%, but 0.04%! How can it be so important in global warming if…
Carbon dioxide makes up 0.04% of the world’s atmosphere. Not 0.4% or 4%, but 0.04%! How can it be so important in global warming if…
Arctic regions have captured and stored carbon for tens of thousands of years, but a new study shows winter carbon emissions from the Arctic may…
Something old, something new in the ocean’s blue: The discovery of a forgotten metabolic pathway adds a new dimension to the global carbon cycle. Microbiologists…
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,…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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 could make use of greenhouse gas before it ever gets into the atmosphere. A new type of battery developed by researchers at…
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…
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…
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….
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…