News tagged with carbon dioxide

Related topics: climate change , greenhouse gas , global warming , greenhouse gases , atmosphere

Manchester jet engine project takes FLITES

FLITES (Fibre-Laser Imaging of Gas Turbine Exhaust Species ) aims to establish a world-leading capability to map several exhaust species from aeroplanes using tomographic imaging.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Collecting carbon in a concrete jungle

Land unsuitable for tree planting could still be used to reduce levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere thanks to new research.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 6

Study questions cost-effectiveness of biofuels and their ability to cut fossil fuel use

A new study by economists at Oregon State University questions the cost-effectiveness of biofuels and says they would barely reduce fossil fuel use and would likely increase greenhouse gas emissions.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 26 | with audio podcast

New insight into climate change in the Pacific

A new report presents the most comprehensive scientific analysis to date of climate change in the Pacific region.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Research group develops more efficient artificial enzyme

(PhysOrg.com) -- A research group based out of the University of Michigan, and led by Vincent Pecoraro has successfully created a computer designed artificial enzyme that can serve as a catalyst for converting ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Copper-carbene catalysts to help turn waste carbon dioxide into chemical feedstocks

Using fixation reactions to convert free carbon dioxide (CO2) into different organic molecules is an attractive strategy to cut industrial greenhouse gas levels with marginal waste. Now, broadening the scope ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Poland plans its first atomic power plant on Baltic

Poland's first nuclear power plant, due to come on line by 2020, is set to be located near the Baltic Sea, Polish energy group PGE said on Friday.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 10

Developing economies see no escape from coal

Concrete towers rise over the African bush, as the continent's largest coal-fired power station takes shape in a multi-billion-dollar testament to developing nations' love affair with coal.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 12

Climate sensitivity to CO2 more limited than extreme projections: research

A new study suggests that the rate of global warming from doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide may be less than the most dire estimates of some previous studies – and, in fact, may be less severe than projected by ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 24, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (16) | comments 728 | with audio podcast

EU agency: air pollution costs exceed $134 billion

(AP) -- Air pollution isn't just harmful - it's expensive, resulting in health care and environmental costs of more than euro100 billion ($130 billion) in 2009, the European Union's environment agency said Thursday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 11

Carbon mitigation strategy uses wood for buildings first, bioenergy second

Proposals to remove the carbon dioxide caused by burning fossil fuel from the atmosphere include letting commercially managed forests grow longer between harvests or not cutting them at all.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Leafy social network: Scientists study how stomata communicate

(PhysOrg.com) -- To survive, leafy plants need to take in as much carbon dioxide as possible through pores in their leaves without losing water. Known as stomata, these pores somehow work together, processing ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

China to call for Kyoto extension at climate talks

China, the world's top greenhouse gas emitter, said Tuesday it will push at next week's climate talks for an extension of the Kyoto Protocol, which requires rich nations to reduce their emissions.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Greenhouse gases soar; no signs warming is slowed

(AP) -- Heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are building up so high, so fast, that some scientists now think the world can no longer limit global warming to the level world leaders have agreed upon as safe.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (13) | comments 61

Scientists genetically increase algae biomass by more than 50 percent

Research at Iowa State University has led to discovery of a genetic method that can increase biomass in algae by 50 to 80 percent.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast