Turning Carbon Dioxide Into Medicine A joint effort in chemistry has resulted in an innovative…
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.
A case study involving Europe’s largest coal-fired power plant shows space-based observations can be used…
Scientists improved CO2-to-CO conversion using a gold-based hybrid material with cucurbit[6]uril, enhancing efficiency by boosting…
Iron-Based Fertilizer in the Form of Nanoparticles Has the Potential To Store Excess Carbon Dioxide…
Revolutionizing CO2 Conversion According to research from the University of Surrey, it is possible to…
New research reveals that deep Earth CO2 actively interacts with water under nanoconfinement, influencing the…
Elevated CO2 levels cause mineral deficiency in plants resulting in less nutritious crops. For years,…
Over the last couple of hundred years, the amount of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere…
Using TanSat and Sentinel-5, scientists have identified human-caused CO2 emissions over cities for the first…
Verdox, founded by MIT chemical engineers and winner of an XPRIZE Carbon Removal milestone award,…
MIT Assistant Professor Ariel Furst and her colleagues are looking to DNA to help guide…
Scientists Mapped Out a “Bicyclic Carbon Fixation” Pathway for Speeding Up Gas Fermentation in Specialized…
Rice University lab turns hard-to-process trash into carbon-capture master. Here’s another thing to do with…
Plants Buy Us Time to Slow Climate Change – But Not Enough to Stop It…
A gas station on Mars? Chemical engineers envision the possibilities. Engineers at the University of…
Scientists studying tropical forests in Africa’s mountains were surprised to uncover how much carbon they…
Extensive chains of volcanoes have been responsible for both emitting and then removing atmospheric carbon…
Salk scientists quantify process to permanently store plant-captured CO2 as SiC, a valuable material for…