Tags: Carbon dioxide

New Technology Harvests Carbon Dioxide From Smokestacks and Uses Greenhouse Gas to Create a Useful Chemical Substance

TECH & INNOVATION 01.04.2022 21:20 PM

Scientists created a new metal-organic framework with the common industrial chemical that can scrub off carbon dioxide in factory flue tubes to make useful chemical substances.

Elon Musk Says SpaceX Will Have to Use Carbon Dioxide as Rocket Fuel

12.15.2021 00:56 AM

Elon Musk announced on Twitter that SpaceX would begin a new program to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and utilize it as rocket fuel.

Who Is Svante Arrhenius? Swedish Scientist Predicted Climate Change Would Be A Global Problem

12.15.2021 00:43 AM

Swedish scientist Svante Arrhenius opened the topic of how human activity could change the climate on a global scale in 1896.

Europe's New Satellite Constellation to Monitor Earth's Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Space Soon

11.02.2021 20:26 PM

Experts will be able to identify emissions to particular properties throughout the world thanks to Europe's soon-to-be 'constellation' of satellites.

Scientists Experimenting Turning Greenhouse Gases Into Rocket Fuel on Mars to Ease Climate Change

10.30.2021 02:29 AM

Several research projects are attempting to use existing conditions on Mars to fuel future missions. Now, a team of researchers is experimenting on turning greenhouse gases to create rocket fuel on the Red Planet.

Tiny Unicellular Protist Can Help Predict Climate Change and Buffer Global Warming, Study Says

10.25.2021 22:01 PM

Researchers combine protist experiments and mathematical models to understand how they respond to climate change and how they can play a big role in buffering global warming.

Elon Musk Downplays Methane Adding That it Quickly Breaks Down to Carbon Dioxide as He Expresses Support for Carbon Tax

10.12.2021 05:01 AM

Methane accounts for 20% of the greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere that breaks down to carbon dioxide. But Elon Musk said to not worry too much about it because it breaks down quickly.

Global Methane Pact of Two Dozen Countries Pledge to Reduce Emissions by 30% by 2030 to Combat Climate Change

10.11.2021 22:25 PM

Canada and more than 20 more countries are pledging tough actions to reduce methane actions by an average of 30% by 2030 from its 2020 levels ahead of the COP26 in Glasgow.

Magnesium Can Make Carbon Capture Technology Faster; Could Bury Molecules Under the Sea for Hundreds of Years

10.04.2021 07:05 AM

A new study made carbon capture technology better by inducing the model with magnesium, forming crystalized hydrates that could be burried under the sea for more than centuries.

'Toxic Soup' Ingredients in Permian-Triassic Mass Extinction Now Available in Modern Age, Study Says

10.03.2021 23:15 PM

A new study shows that the factors of the Permian-Triassic mass extinction, including excessive greenhouse gas emissions and water polution, are now present in our age.

World’s Largest $15 Million Machine That Sucks Carbon Dioxide Now Operating in Iceland

09.10.2021 07:26 AM

Iceland has turned on the world's largest $15 million carbon-sucking machine. The machine is marketed as a tool that will aid in the mitigation of climate change.

Increased Carbon Dioxide Levels in Earth's Atmosphere Shrink Dung Beetles, Forecast Shows Insects Will Be 14 Percent Smaller in Decades

09.07.2021 23:35 PM

Researchers said the notion to examine the impacts of elevated levels of CO2 on dung beetles was an outcome of the so-called serendipitous science.

Present-Day Space Race Among Space Agencies, Firms Like SpaceX Could Affect Earth's Atmosphere; Space Tourism Not Efficient

08.28.2021 01:53 AM

Today's space race among countries and prominent space organizations like SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Virgin Galactic could be among the top contributor of carbon emissions to Earth's atmosphere.

Dissolved Carbon Dioxide From Oceans Can Be Captured Using Nanojars to Lessen Climate Change

08.26.2021 00:45 AM

Researchers developed "nanojars" that are smaller than the width of a human hair to capture dissolved carbon dioxide from oceans to lessen its contribution to climate change.

Self-Healing Earth: Volcanoes Regulate Carbon Emissions in Atmosphere, Global Temperatures; Possible Answer to Climate Change

08.24.2021 08:13 AM

While volcanoes have long been held to be an inevitable cause of disaster from the Earth's moving plates, a new study reveals how they help the Earth regulate atmospheric carbon dioxide and, in turn, stabilize global temperatures.

Siberian Wildfires Produce 800 Megatons of Carbon Dioxide in Less Than 3 Months

08.19.2021 04:40 AM

Wildfires in Siberia are reportedly emitting two times the number of greenhouse gases last year in just two and a half months, as estimated by the European Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS).

Irreversible Climate Change Now on 'Code Red,' UN Fears More Flood, Fire, and Drought Worldwide: Is There a Solution?

08.10.2021 08:33 AM

United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the latest assessment, and it issued a code red due to the impending threat brought by our planet's changing climate.

Thawing Permafrost in Siberia Could Release 'Methane Bomb' that Accelerates Global Warming

08.03.2021 23:15 PM

The summer 2020 heat wave in Siberia melted the permafrost that increased methane gas emissions from limestone, which may lead to the formation of methane bombs in the atmosphere.

Carbon Dioxide Decline 34 Million Years Ago Caused Earth's Drastic Climate Transition and Formation of Antarctica

08.03.2021 04:00 AM

In a recent paper, the atmopsheric carbon dioxide was theorized to be the main key to the drastic change of Earth's climate from greehnouse to icehouse condition.

NASA Says Tropical Forests Are Now Losing Their Ability to Absorb Carbon Dioxide

08.03.2021 02:35 AM

The overall quantity of carbon emitted and absorbed in the tropics was four times greater than in temperate and boreal zones combined, NASA said.

14,000 Scientists Declare Climate Emergency, Continued Negligence to Climate Change May Bring "Untold Suffering"

07.29.2021 22:52 PM

Nearly 14,000 scientist signatories from over 150 countries urge the implementation of a few big climate policies to combat climate change and to avoid untold suffering brought by ignoring global warming.

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