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Scientists created a ‘living’ material that sucks CO2 out of the air
At its core, the material is a water-rich hydrogel filled with cyanobacteria, one of the oldest life forms on Earth. These ...
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Rapid shift in methane carbon isotopes suggests microbial emissions drove record high atmospheric methane growth in 2020–2022 - PNAS
The carbon isotopic composition of atmospheric CH 4 (δ 13 C CH4) is a powerful tool for tracking the sources and sinks of atmospheric CH 4.Different CH 4 sources have distinctive δ 13 C CH4 values: ...
Carbon Capture Reimagined: New Material Removes CO₂ From Air Like a Tree
Scientists are designing a new living material that captures carbon dioxide directly from the air. It uses photosynthetic ...
How carbon capture works and the debate about whether it's a future climate solution
Power plants and industrial facilities that emit planet-warming carbon dioxide are hopeful that Congress will keep tax ...
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Scientists turn captured carbon into clean, storable natural gas
In a recent study published in Cell Reports Sustainability, the researchers describe a way to turn captured carbon dioxide ...
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Not all AI prompts are equal. Some emit 50x more carbon than others. Here’s why.
Some AI prompts result in 50 times more carbon emissions than others, according to a new study. The findings suggest that large language models (LLMs)—the technology behind advanced chatbots and ...
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How Arborea Uses Microscopic Plants to Turn Carbon Dioxide into Protein
FOOD ENGINEERING recently spoke to Arborea founder and CEO Julian Melchiorri, as well as Dr. Kalyan Chatakondu, global ...
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This 140-Year-Old Soda Brand from Pune Is Older Than Coca-Cola
Cola, which, records estimate to be an invention of 1886 — two years after Ardeshir’s started in a small rented barrack in ...
UK to consider economy and carbon mitigation when assessing oil and gas projects
Rosebank is the UK’s largest undeveloped oilfield with estimated reserves of 350mn barrels of oil equivalent. Ed Miliband, energy secretary, in 2023 — when Labour was in opposition — described the ...
Want to plant trees to offset fossil fuels? You'd need all of North and Central America, study finds
Planting trees can help save the planet, right? A new study finds that to offset all the planet-warming carbon emissions from ...
Scientists warn that greenhouse gas accumulation is accelerating and more extreme weather will come
A team of 60 international scientists report that by early 2028 society will have emitted enough greenhouse gases that the ...
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Nitrogen Dioxide - American Lung Association
Nitrogen dioxide, or NO 2, is a gaseous air pollutant composed of nitrogen and oxygen and is one of a group of related gases called nitrogen oxides, or NO x. Nitrogen dioxide forms when fossil fuels ...