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Bacteria Could Speed CO2 Mineralization in Underground Sequestration

Ovidiu Sandru — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 02:27:52 +0000

Many things have been written about CO2 sequestration and many experiments have been carried in recent years that could easily confirm one thing: it’s expensive, not so efficient as it had been thought and people realized we really don’t know all the side effects of this technology. A type o bacteria, however, could save CO2 […]

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Captured Carbon Dioxide Could Be Used as Solvent for Plastic Materials, Scientists Prove

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 20:38:20 +0000

The carbon dioxide that's to be captured from the atmosphere by various innovative means has proved itself of having multiple uses, from producing fertilizers to aspirin. Now, German from the Fraunhofer Institute researchers found that it also can be used as a non-toxic solvent for dyes.

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Dry Water Shown to Be Effective in Trapping CO2 Emissions

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:16:18 +0000

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.

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Incredible Synthetic Tree for CO2 Sequestration

Cristi — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:55:19 +0000

Columbia University has announced the development of a structure that could capture carbon 1,000 times faster than a real tree. Klaus Lackner said, as the "tree" could be used for capturing carbon which has been already emitted into the air by car gasoline or airplain fuel.

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Study: Salt Water Can Keep the Injected CO2 Underground

Ovidiu Sandru — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:45:19 +0000

We are now trying to bury the CO2, get rid of it somehow, and if fossil fuels came from down below, we think that by sending CO2 from where it came, we will solve the problem partially. And that may be true, regarding that sometimes the patchy solutions are best. So, let's try to patch our trouble.

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