Clay could be the solution to global warming, study finds
The team has been using powerful computer models combined with laboratory experiments to study how a kind of clay can soak up carbon dioxide
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Joseph Shavit
- Feb 21
Engineered wood grows stronger while trapping carbon dioxide
Scientists have figured out a way to engineer wood to trap carbon dioxide through a potentially scalable, energy-efficient process.
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 18
MIT scientists pull carbon dioxide straight out of seawater to save the oceans
The world’s number one “sink” for carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is the ocean, which soaks up some 30 to 40 percent of all of the gas.
Joseph Shavit
- Nov 29, 2022
Arctic vegetation has a major impact on warming
The new results allow us to make more precise climate predictions, with the researchers pointing out that current models remain flawed.
Joseph Shavit
- Sep 7, 2022
Cutting-edge solar technology extracts 400% more salt from seawater
A new desalination technology will significantly reduce the cost of desalination and quadruple the volume of production using solar energy.
Joseph Shavit
- Jul 21, 2022
Modified rail cars clean air of CO2 and help mitigate climate change
New research shows rail systems around the world could be harnessed to help mitigate climate change and clean our air of CO2.
Joshua Shavit
- Jul 10, 2022
Two promising technologies to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
Direct air carbon capture and sequestration (DAC) are considered critical to achieving a net-zero greenhouse gas emissions economy by 2050.
Joseph Shavit
- Jun 6, 2022
Cotton fabric filter key to low-cost, effective carbon capture
Researchers found they could filter carbon dioxide from air and gas mixtures at promising rates using a proposed new textile-based filter
Joseph Shavit
- May 30, 2022
Fastest carbon dioxide catcher is 99% efficient, lightning fast, and easily recyclable
Researchers have developed a new carbon capture system which removes CO2 directly from the atmosphere with unprecedented performance.
Joseph Shavit
- May 20, 2022
Remarkable new material captures toxic pollutants from air
New material is capable of capturing trace amounts of benzene, a toxic pollutant, from the air and crucially use less energy
Joseph Shavit
- May 11, 2022
Carbon diamonds made of CO2 sucked from the air
Traditional diamond mining is fraught with problems, from worker exploitation to deforestation and water pollution.
Joseph Shavit
- Apr 1, 2022
When it comes to sucking up carbon, not all trees are equal
Trees are a large part of the climate change solution, with their ability to suck carbon out of the atmosphere and store it.
Joseph 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.
Joseph Shavit
- Mar 19, 2022
New process converts air pollution into useful products
UC chemical engineers are developing new processes to convert carbon dioxide into useful products using tandem electrodes.
Joseph Shavit
- Mar 16, 2022
Sustainable concrete captures 181% more CO2 from the atmosphere
The construction sector is a major source of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions worldwide, accounting for 8% of all global emissions.
Joseph Shavit
- Mar 8, 2022
Tiny ‘skyscrapers’ help bacteria convert sunlight into electricity
Researchers have made tiny ‘skyscrapers’ for communities of bacteria, helping them to generate electricity from just sunlight and water.
Joseph Shavit
- Mar 5, 2022
Carbon negative diamonds made of CO2 sucked from the air
A startup called Aether is turning CO2 from the atmosphere into something new: the world’s first carbon-negative diamonds.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 28, 2022
Artificial leaf captures 100 times more carbon than other systems
Engineers have built a cost-effective artificial leaf that can capture carbon dioxide at rates 100 times better than current systems.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 21, 2022
Decarbonisation tech instantly converts CO2 to solid carbon
New tech offers pathway for instantly converting CO2 as it is produced and locking it in a solid state, keeping it out of the atmosphere.
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 28, 2021
Controlled burning of natural environments could help offset our carbon emissions
Prescribed burning can actually lock in or increase carbon in the soils of temperate forests, savannahs and grasslands.
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