In the race to combat climate change, capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions has been touted as a simple road to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. While the science behind carbon capture is sound, current technologies are ...
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Jul 21, 2021
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Would you drink carbonated beverages made with carbon dioxide captured from the smokestack of a factory or power plant?
Environment
May 14, 2021
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Reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from power plants is widely considered an essential component of any climate change mitigation plan. Many research efforts focus on developing and deploying carbon capture and sequestration ...
Materials Science
Jul 30, 2019
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Carbon dioxide emissions can be captured and securely stored in underground rocks, even if geological faults are present, research has confirmed.
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Jan 25, 2019
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A careful balance of the ingredients in carbon-capture materials would maximize the sequestration of greenhouse gases while simplifying the processing – or "sweetening" – of natural gas, according to researchers at Rice ...
Materials Science
Aug 22, 2016
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Scientists have discovered that Antarctic krill – a tiny shrimp-like crustacean – plays a key role in fertilising the Southern Ocean with iron, which stimulates the growth of phytoplankton, the microscopic plants at the ...
Environment
Sep 20, 2016
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Perhaps the best hope for slowing climate change—capturing and storing carbon dioxide emissions underground—has remained elusive due in part to uncertainty about its economic feasibility.
Environment
Mar 25, 2021
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From the outside, the Manhattan high-rise looks like any other luxury building: A doorman greets visitors in a lobby adorned with tapestry and marble.
Environment
May 15, 2023
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When soaring temperatures, extreme weather and catastrophic wildfires hit the headlines, people start asking for quick fixes to climate change. The U.S. government just announced the first awards from a US$3.5 billion fund ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 22, 2023
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A team led by researchers at the University of Virginia cautions that when it comes to climate change, the world is making a bet it might not be able to cover.
Earth Sciences
Aug 24, 2020
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