US Power Sector Is Already Halfway to Zero Carbon Emissions
New Berkeley Lab study reviews progress towards a carbon-free power sector. Concerns about climate change are driving a growing number of states, utilities, and corporations…
Carbon Emissions
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…
MIT Engineers Cut Carbon Emissions by Adding Recycled Plastic to Concrete
By adding bits of irradiated plastic water bottles to concrete, MIT engineers take plastic out of landfills and lower the cement industry’s carbon emissions. Discarded…
EU’s Carbon Capture and Storage Problem
Europe’s carbon-trading market and tougher emission targets make it appear somewhat more responsible than the rest of the world at climate-policy negotiations. But recently, the…
Washington State Launches New Plan to Combat Ocean Acidification
The state of Washington, the leading US producer of farmed shellfish, announced that it is launching a 42-step plan to reduce ocean acidification. The initiative…
Carbon Sequestration Likely to Cause Intraplate Earthquakes
A recently published paper from Stanford scientists suggests that carbon sequestration is likely to create pressure build-up large enough cause intraplate earthquakes, breaking the reservoirs’…
Searching for an Efficient Way to Make Methanol
Researchers from SLAC and Stanford have teamed with scientists at the Max Planck Institute to examine catalysts in an effort to find an efficient way…
Storing Carbon Emissions in Deep Saline Aquifers
To better understand climate change and global warming, researchers realize that they must address carbon emissions. A new study suggests using deep saline aquifers that…
Intercontinental Crop Losses Caused by Ozone
Researchers at the University of Leeds, in collaboration with the University of York, published a new study showing the extent of the Northern Hemisphere’s intercontinental…