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Rock weathering in mountains with moderate erosion revealed as key carbon sink
Mar 11, 2024 (SPX)
The study's revelations highlight the significant role of rock weathering in Earth's "thermostat." This process involves the interaction of rocks with water and...
Direct air capture costs projected higher than previous estimates
Mar 11, 2024 (SPX)
To bridge this gap, the Swiss climate strategy includes a provision for the active removal and underground storage of 5 million tonnes of CO2 annually. This ini...
California man first in US charged with smuggling greenhouse gases
Mar 05, 2024 (AFP)
Michael Hart of San Diego was arrested under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020, which prohibits the importation of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)...
Energy-related CO2 emissions hit record levels in 2023: IEA
Mar 01, 2024 (AFP)
CO2 emissions from energy rose by 1.1 percent in 2023, increasing by 410 million tonnes to a record 37.4 billion tonnes, slowing down from a gain of 490 million...
Carbon credit scheme sees Indigenous Cambodians harassed, evicted: report
Feb 29, 2024 (AFP)
The scheme, recognised in a 2017 agreement between the environment ministry and conservation group Wildlife Alliance (WA), sees companies buy credits to offset ...
Saskatchewan says won't remit carbon tax to Canada govt
Feb 29, 2024 (AFP)
Dustin Duncan, the local minister in charge of the western plains province's utility SaskEnergy, made the announcement in a video posted on social media on the ...
Oregon State University makes key advance for capturing carbon from the air
Feb 13, 2024 (SPX)
The element is vanadium, and research by Oregon State University scientists has demonstrated the ability of vanadium peroxide molecules to react with and bind c...
Understanding how soil traps carbon
Feb 12, 2024 (SPX)
In a new study, Northwestern University researchers determined the factors that could tip plant-based organic matter in one direction or the other. By combining...
Thales Alenia Space completes MicroCarb satellite to map Earth's CO2
Feb 06, 2024 (SPX)
The MicroCarb mission is a pioneering European project aimed at enhancing the understanding of carbon flux on Earth. Funded by France's PIA investment program a...
STEP Demo pilot plant makes new breakthrough for sCO2 power generation
Jan 24, 2024 (SPX)
"Operating the integrated system is a noteworthy accomplishment. It follows the team's successful component-based commissioning activities and demonstrates comb...
Expected CO2 levels in 2024 threaten 1.5C warming limit: Met Office
Jan 19, 2024 (AFP)
Rising emissions from fossil fuels and deforestation are set to be compounded in 2024 by the cyclical El Nino weather phenomenon, which reduces the ability of t...
Could diamonds drive Neptune and Uranus' magnetic fields
Jan 17, 2024 (SPX)
Published in Nature Astronomy, the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory-led team's findings used the European XFEL facility to resolve longstanding disagreement...
Climate change threatens global forest carbon sequestration, study finds
Jan 16, 2024 (SPX)
The study, led by UF Biology researchers J. Aaron Hogan and Jeremy W. Lichstein was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study ...
Researchers create first functional semiconductor made from graphene
Jan 16, 2024 (SPX)
Their discovery comes at a time when silicon, the material from which nearly all modern electronics are made, is reaching its limit in the face of increasingly ...
Capturing greenhouse gases with the help of light
Jan 15, 2024 (SPX)
That's why researchers at ETH Zurich are developing a new method that uses light. With this process, in the future, the energy required for carbon capture will ...
Catalytic combo converts CO2 to solid carbon nanofibers
Jan 12, 2024 (SPX)
"You can put the carbon nanofibers into cement to strengthen the cement," said Jingguang Chen, a professor of chemical engineering at Columbia with a joint appo...
Novel applications for coal in 2D electronic devices
Jan 10, 2024 (SPX)
Qing Cao, a professor of materials science and engineering at the University of Illinois and a co-lead of the collaboration, highlighted the transformational na...
Max-Planck-Institute Breakthrough: Integrating Synthetic CO2 Fixation in E. coli
Jan 03, 2024 (SPX)
The climate emergency has intensified the need for innovative solutions for CO2 capture and conversion. Synthetic biology offers new avenues for designing CO2-f...
Cosmic Bling: The Science of Extraterrestrial Diamonds
Dec 22, 2023 (SPX)
The Birth of Diamonds in Space The journey of a space diamond begins under conditions that are as extreme as they are rare. Unlike the Earth-bound diamonds, whi...
New carbon nitride material challenges diamond's hardness throne
Dec 18, 2023 (SPX)
The study, recently published in Advanced Materials, details how an international research team, led by experts from the Centre for Science at Extreme Condition...
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