Breakthrough technology could capture 0.5% of all global carbon emissions
New research suggests that around 0.5% of global carbon emissions could be captured during the normal crushing process of rocks
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JJ Shavit
- Apr 14
Groundbreaking technology captures more CO2 than Germany-sized forest
New research suggests that around 0.5% of global carbon emissions could be captured during the normal crushing process of rocks.
JJ Shavit
- Jan 8
New discovery substantially rewrites history of life on Earth
Diverse microbial life existed on Earth at least 3.75 billion years ago, suggests a new study that challenges the view of when life began.
JJ Shavit
- Oct 27, 2022
Fossil discovery rewrites the history of life on Earth, researchers find
Diverse microbial life existed on Earth at least 3.75 billion years ago, suggests a new study challenging the view of when life began.
JJ Shavit
- Sep 27, 2022
Fossil discovery rewrites history of life on Earth, study finds
Findings suggest a variety of microbial life may have existed on primordial Earth, potentially 300 million years after the planet formed.
JD Shavit
- Sep 26, 2022
Surprise finding suggests ‘water worlds’ are more common than we thought
A new study suggests that many more planets may have large amounts of water than previously thought—as much as half water and half rock.
JJ Shavit
- Aug 27, 2022
Researchers find similar conditions on Mars to those on Earth when life arose
The accepted view of Mars is red rocks and craters as far as the eye can see. That’s what scientists expected when they landed Perseverance.
JJ Shavit
- Jul 2, 2022
How the Earth and moon formed, explained
Scientists can use modern rocks, moon samples and meteorites to figure out when and how the Earth and moon formed over 4.6 billion years ago
JJ Shavit
- Mar 20, 2022
Factory sucks CO2 from the air and turns it to rock
A newly-opened plant is sucking carbon dioxide from the air and turning it to rock, locking away the main culprit behind global warming.
JJ Shavit
- Nov 7, 2021
In Iceland, CO2 sucked from the air is turned to rock
At the foot of an Icelandic volcano, a newly-opened plant is sucking carbon dioxide from the air and turning it to rock.
JJ Shavit
- Oct 19, 2021
Moon rock that vanished from museum 15 years ago is returned after being found at a yard sale
The man, who was looking for wood samples to use in the repair or replacement of his damaged gunstocks, purchased the goodwill display.
JJ Shavit
- Sep 7, 2021
NASA confirms Perseverance Mars rover got its first piece of rock
NASA has confirmed that its Perseverance rover has succeeded in collecting its first rock sample on Mars.
JD Shavit
- Aug 23, 2021
Geologists dig into Grand Canyon’s mysterious gap in time
A new study reveals the complex history behind one of the Grand Canyon’s most well-known puzzles called the Great Unconformity.
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