Carbon Dioxide May Be Converted to Solid, Helping with Industry Decarbonization

Medicine & Technology Jan 19, 2022

Australian scientists have recently created a smart and very effective method of capturing carbon dioxide and eventually converting it to contribute to the decarbonization of certain industries.

Cat Litter Material Can Save the Planet, Combat Climate Change With Its Methane Content

Jan 12, 2022

A team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently developed a new approach for extracting methane from the air with the use of an affordable, common clay type, usually used for cat litter.

Elon Musk Wants SpaceX To Use Carbon Dioxide As Rocket Fuel

Jan 10, 2022

SpaceX will have to produce a rocket fuel out of carbon dioxide (CO2), according to Elon Musk, most likely through electrolysis.

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

Jan 04, 2022

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: SpaceX Will Have to Use Carbon Dioxide as Rocket Fuel

Dec 15, 2021

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

Dec 15, 2021

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

European Satellite to Check Out Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Space Soon

Nov 02, 2021

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

Oct 30, 2021

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

Oct 25, 2021

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

Oct 12, 2021

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

Oct 11, 2021

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

Oct 04, 2021

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

Oct 03, 2021

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

Sep 10, 2021

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

Sep 07, 2021

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.