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Diatom surprise could rewrite the global carbon cycle
Jul 18, 2024 (SPX)
This research is led by bioengineers, bioinformatics experts and other genomics researchers at the University of California San Diego. The new findings are publ...
Scientists Develop PrISMa Platform to Enhance Carbon Capture Technology
Jul 18, 2024 (SPX)
Thousands of novel materials, such as metal-organic frameworks, have been proposed and synthesized by chemists specifically for capturing carbon dioxide. Howeve...
Capturing carbon with energy-efficient sodium carbonate-nanocarbon hybrid material
Jul 17, 2024 (SPX)
Theoretically, Na2CO3 has a decent CO2 capture capacity and can be easily regenerated for successive uses. However, directly applying Na2CO3 to capture CO2 caus...
Ultrafast Carbon Storage Technology Pioneered by University of Texas at Austin
Jul 15, 2024 (SPX)
In research published in ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, the team introduced a technique for the ultrafast formation of carbon dioxide hydrates. Thes...
Highway to hell? Plan for Germany's biggest motorway sparks anger
Jul 14, 2024 (AFP)
The recommendation suggests widening a section of the A5 outside the western city of Frankfurt to 10 lanes at an estimated cost of 1.1 billion euros ($1.2 billi...
Amazon tribes win lawsuit over carbon credits in Colombia
Jul 10, 2024 (AFP)
Indigenous communities living in the remote area of Pira Parana had accused US-based Ruby Canyon Environmental and Colombian company Masbosques, which acted as ...
Microsoft seals carbon capture deal with Occidental
Jul 09, 2024 (AFP)
The deal involves Microsoft purchasing 500,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) credits over a six-year period. This marks the largest single purchas...
Weaker ocean circulation could enhance CO2 buildup in the atmosphere
Jul 09, 2024 (SPX)
However, a new study by an MIT researcher finds that scientists may have to rethink the relationship between the ocean's circulation and its long-term capacity ...
Plants Store Less Carbon than Previously Estimated, Study Shows
Jun 25, 2024 (SPX)
The findings have implications for our understanding of the role of nature in mitigating climate change, including the potential for nature-based carbon removal...
Electrified Charcoal Sponge Captures CO2 Directly from Air
Jun 07, 2024 (SPX)
Researchers from the University of Cambridge used a method similar to charging a battery to charge activated charcoal, commonly used in household water filters....
Scientists Question Ocean-Based CO2 Removal Effectiveness
Jun 07, 2024 (SPX)
In a new paper, scientists from the University of East Anglia (UEA), the University of Tasmania's Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Centre National de...
Ocean Floor Topography Found to Significantly Impact Carbon Sequestration
Jun 05, 2024 (SPX)
A recent study reveals that the shape and depth of the ocean floor account for up to 50% of the changes in oceanic carbon sequestration depth over the past 80 m...
Altered carbon points toward sustainable manufacturing
Jun 05, 2024 (SPX)
Feng Jiao, the Elvera and William R. Stuckenberg Professor in in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, developed a two-step ...
Exploring Innovations in Marine Biomass and Blue Carbon Capture
Jun 05, 2024 (SPX)
These climate change interventions, known as blue carbon, preserve or enhance marine and coastal ecosystems as valuable sources of carbon removal and storage. C...
Carbon capture must quadruple by 2050 to meet climate targets: report
Jun 04, 2024 (AFP)
But massively expanding CO2-absorbing forests -- 99 percent of current carbon removal -- could claim land needed to grow food and biofuels, while it remains hig...
World's biggest companies snap up 'likely junk' carbon offsets: analysis
May 30, 2024 (AFP)
A new analysis by Corporate Accountability found that household names including Disney, Volkswagen, Air France and many more were among corporations heavily inv...
German cabinet signs off plans to allow carbon capture
May 29, 2024 (AFP)
The government wants to approve the technology to help counter emissions in heavily polluting industries, such as the cement and lime industries, according to t...
US announces 'guardrails' for controversial carbon markets
May 28, 2024 (AFP)
Cabinet officials including Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen laid out the government's first broad guidelines for "high-integrity" carbon markets, aimed at dispe...
The Urgency of Scalable Carbon Removal by 2050
May 17, 2024 (SPX)
The Importance of Carbon Removal The Paris Agreement, adopted in 2015, aims to limit global warming to well below 2C, preferably to 1.5C, above pre-industrial l...
ORNL develops new batteries to store renewable energy and capture CO2
May 16, 2024 (SPX)
This battery stores renewable energy from solar panels or wind turbines. It utilizes an electrochemical reaction that captures carbon dioxide from industrial em...
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