Miscanthus: The Biofuel Crop Than Can Sequester Carbon… Naturally
An analysis performed by Christer Jansson from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and his colleagues from Oak Ridge National Laboratory revealed that a grass called miscanthus could constitute the perfect solution for capturing carbon dioxide and sequestering it into the soil.
UK CO2 Emissions Growing In Spite Of Greener Industry
Research from the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEO) at the University of New York and the University of Durham reveals the fact that despite the efficiency improvements in the global supply chain of the products consumed in the UK, there has been a parallel growth of consumption, and an overall growth in carbon dioxide emissions.
Arctic Ice Melt Triggers Increased Ship Traffic, Accelerating Climate Change, Study Says
For a long time, commercial sea routes have expanded and increased their traffic as the economies of the countries they were linking evolved. They have now reached a spot in which they pose a significant threat to climate change, or at least the routes that cross the Arctic Ocean, one of the world's most climate-sensitive areas.
Global Warming Periods Could Be Affecting One Another, Researcher Demonstrates How
Ross Secord, a researcher from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln theorizes how a past global warming that occurred about 56 million years ago could have been influenced by an even older pulse of warming and how this could apply to modern times.
Bacteria-Stuffed Charcoal Biofilter Helps Reduce Ammonia Pollution in Factories
Industrial fertilizer production facilities produce ammonia, which is both toxic and odorous. Removing it from the air usually costs a lot, so better ways have to be found.
Greening Up The IT Sector Vital For Reducing Carbon Emissions In The Next Decade,...
The IT industry is one of the most polluting industries in the world and the fact that its development accelerates by the year is even more concerning. Its future grow and the impact it's going to have to the economy if limits are placed on carbon emissions have been evaluated by the Institute for Sustainable and Applied Infodynamics (ISAID) in Singapore and Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy in Houston.
Technology For Making Construction Materials Out Of Carbon Dioxide Inspired By Sea Snail
The thing on the left is a snail, and it's called abalone. Aside the fact that it's edible, the abalone taught Angela Belcher, from MIT, how to turn carbon dioxide into rock-solid construction materials and thus sequester the gas for hundreds of thousands of years, instead of burying it underground, which is not as safe and as useful.
Hydroelectric Dam Reservoirs Eat Up More CO2 Than They Produce, Unlike Previously Thought
Ten years ago, a report based on measurements taken at a hydroelectric plant in Brasil said that the gas (CO2 and methane) emissions of hydroelectric power (HEP) reservoirs account for 1 to 28% of the total greenhouse gas emissions caused by man. The report said that the CO2 and the methane came from the rotting organisms contained in the HEP reservoirs.
NYU Professor Points Out Why Alternative Energy Production Doesn't Grow As Expected
There are scientists who are optimistic about the chances we have to heal the planet and reduce its warming, scientists who are definitely rejecting anything related to global warming, saying it doesn't exist, and scientists who are butt-kickers and telling the world what works and what doesn't. Martin Hoffert, from the University of New York, is one of the third kind, in my opinion.
Dry Water Shown to Be Effective in Trapping CO2 Emissions
A sugar-resembling substance that can absorb carbon dioxide within itself has been developed by a team led by Andrew Cooper, from the University of Liverpool, in the UK. The substance is called "dry water", because it's made of water and because it's dry, containing silica.
