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Met Office forecasts CO2 levels 50 percent higher than preindustrial levels
Jan 08, 2021 (UPI)
According to the calculations of Met scientists, CO2 concentrations measured at Mauna Loa Observatory, in Hawaii, will increase by 2.29 parts per million, plus ...
Researchers turn coal powder into graphite in microwave oven
Jan 07, 2021 (SPX)
The discovery is another step forward in the effort to find alternative uses for Wyoming's Powder River Basin coal, at a time when demand for coal to generate e...
Faster, greener way of producing carbon spheres
Dec 31, 2020 (SPX)
The method produces spheres that have good capacity for carbon capture, and it works effectively at a large scale. Carbon spheres range in size from nanometers ...
New imaging method views soil carbon at near-atomic scales
Dec 30, 2020 (SPX)
Improving such understanding may help researchers develop strategies for sequestering more carbon in soil, thereby keeping it out of the atmosphere where it com...
Muddying the waters: weathering might remove less atmospheric CO2 than thought
Dec 22, 2020 (SPX)
The findings, published in PNAS, suggest Earth's natural mechanism for removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere via the weathering of rocks may in fact...
A new method for the functionalization of graphene
Dec 17, 2020 (SPX)
This chemical reaction, known as photocycloaddition, modifies the bonds between atoms using ultraviolet (UV) light. The results of the study were recently publi...
Carbon capture's next top model
Dec 17, 2020 (SPX)
Creating accurate, detailed models is key to scaling up this important work. A recent paper led by the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering ex...
New fullerene crystal production method 50 times faster than predecessor
Dec 16, 2020 (SPX)
Fullerene is a popular choice for developing technologies not only due to its small size, it is also very durable and contains semiconductor properties, making ...
Fractured bedrock in forests is overlooked source of natural CO2
Dec 16, 2020 (SPX)
This perspective has set soil up as the most important source of carbon dioxide produced by forests, the CO2 being a natural byproduct of the life within it. Bu...
International research project investigates photosensitive carbon nanoparticles
Dec 15, 2020 (SPX)
Light is not only the primary source of energy for life on Earth, it is also hugely important for a number of technical applications. Nanomaterials such as carb...
The greening of the Earth is approaching its limit
Dec 14, 2020 (SPX)
"There is no mystery about the formula, plants need CO2, water and nutrients in order to grow. However much the CO2 increases, if the nutrients and water do not...
How clean electricity can upgrade the value of captured carbon
Dec 14, 2020 (SPX)
"Capturing carbon from flue gas is technically feasible, but energetically costly," says Professor Ted Sargent, who serves as U of T's Vice-President, Research ...
CO2 pricing, transfers may pay large dividends in the fight to curb climate change
Dec 09, 2020 (UPI)
Small tweaks to existing policy frameworks would ensure the burden of climate change mitigation is shared more efficiently and equitably, researchers argue in a...
Carbon capture a tool in climate fight, but at what cost?
Dec 09, 2020 (AFP)
For its methods to rollout on a scale large enough to make a difference, though, experts and critics say carbon capture and storage (CCS) still has to overcome ...
Skoltech scientists run a 'speed test' to boost the production of carbon nanotubes
Dec 03, 2020 (SPX)
Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT), tiny rolled sheets of graphene with a thickness of just one atom, hold huge promise when it comes to applications in mat...
Carbyne - an unusual form of carbon
Nov 18, 2020 (SPX)
'Carbon has a very special status in the periodic table of the elements and forms the basis for all forms of life due to the extremely large number of chemical ...
Scientists stuff graphene with light
Nov 18, 2020 (SPX)
Manipulating light at the nanoscale is a task crucial for being able to create ultracompact devices for optical energy conversion and storage. To localize light...
Swiss strike CO2 offset deal with Ghana
Nov 18, 2020 (AFP)
Under the Paris Agreement climate change pact, Switzerland has committed to reduce its 1990 levels of greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by 2030. Bern says ...
Manchester scientists discover new family of quasiparticles in graphene-based materials
Nov 16, 2020 (SPX)
The team achieved this breakthrough by aligning the atomic lattice of a graphene layer to that of an insulating boron nitride sheet, dramatically changing the p...
Unusual quasiparticles discovered in graphene-based materials
Nov 13, 2020 (UPI)
Physicists spotted the particles and their odd behavior -- described Friday in the journal Nature Communications -- after aligning a single layer of graphene wi...
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