Engineers working to reverse the proliferation of greenhouse gases know that in addition to reducing carbon dioxide emissions we will also need to remove carbon dioxide from power plant fumes or from the skies. But, what ...
Materials Science
Feb 10, 2022
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Most people think about trash for 30 seconds a week—the amount of time it takes them to bring their garbage bin to the curb.
Environment
Feb 8, 2022
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Researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), have modeled that pollutant emissions from the shipping sector increased significantly in major international seaports during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Environment
Nov 16, 2021
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A study by researchers at the University of Surrey and Heathrow Airport has shown that the disruption to airport operators caused by COVID-19 is not expected to substantially upset their long-term plans to reduce the carbon ...
Environment
Nov 11, 2021
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Several countries and companies announced plans Wednesday to stop selling cars that run on gasoline or diesel over the next two decades, as part of efforts to clamp down on a significant source of planet-warming emissions.
Environment
Nov 10, 2021
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A newly developed catalyst with unique, atomic-sized "rafts" does a better job than current technology for cleaning up emissions from natural gas engines.
Materials Science
Oct 18, 2021
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Engineers at Norwegian startup N2 Applied have announced on their website that they have developed technology that can reduce the amount of ammonia and methane in livestock slurry. They also note that the process also captures ...
Princeton researchers have developed a new way to make fuel from cellulose—Earth's most abundant organic compound, found in all plant cells—speeding up a notoriously slow chemical process and in some cases doubling energy ...
Biotechnology
Sep 8, 2021
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Jonathan Gilligan, associate professor of Earth and environmental sciences and civil and environmental engineering, and a group of international researchers have illustrated potential international conflicts over climate ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 24, 2021
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Researchers at CU Boulder are part of a newly published study that finds that low-rise, high-density environments like those found in Paris are the optimal urban form when looking to reduce greenhouse gas emissions over their ...
Environment
Aug 12, 2021
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