carbon dioxide
“Unprecedented” – CO2 Rising 10 Times Faster Than Any Time in Recorded History
Recent research indicates that the current rate of atmospheric CO2 increase is unprecedented, being ten times faster than any period ...
Cheap Catalyst Made Out of Sugar Has the Power To Destroy CO2
A Northwestern University study introduces a cost-effective catalyst made from molybdenum and table sugar that converts CO2 into carbon monoxide, ...
MIT’s Revolutionary CO2 Conversion Technology
MIT chemical engineers have created an efficient method to convert carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide, using a DNA-tethered catalytic process ...
Accidental Deep Ocean Discovery Changes Our Understanding of Earth
New research has identified oceanic transform faults as significant, previously underestimated sinks for CO2, challenging existing notions about the Earth’s ...
UN Carbon Removal Estimates “By No Means Feasible,” Scientists Warn
U.N. estimates of the amount of carbon that humans can remove from the atmosphere are deeply unrealistic, scientists warn. A ...
Satellites detect no real climate benefit from 10 years of forest carbon offsets in California
Many of the companies promising “net-zero” emissions to protect the climate are relying on vast swaths of forests and what ...
Climate Change Threatens Global Forest CO2 Sequestration
A new study shows that climate change is disproportionately affecting U.S. forests, particularly in the West, where adverse effects like ...
Not all carbon-capture projects pay off for the climate – we mapped the pros and cons of each and found clear winners and losers
Capturing carbon dioxide from the air or industries and recycling it can sound like a win-win climate solution. The greenhouse ...
A Deep Dive Into 66 Million Years of CO2 Data
The concentration of atmospheric CO2 is currently at a record high of 419 ppm due to human activities, particularly the ...
James Webb Space Telescope could look for ‘carbon-lite’ exoplanet atmospheres in search for alien life
When it comes to detecting the presence of liquid water on planets outside the solar system, and thus the conditions ...
