CU Boulder researchers have developed nanobio-hybrid organisms capable of using airborne carbon dioxide and nitrogen to produce a variety of plastics and fuels, a promising first step toward... Read more
Scientists at Caltech and USC identify how to encourage the chemical reaction by which carbon dioxide is locked away in the ocean Scientists at Caltech and USC have discovered a way to speed... Read more
When you squeeze something, it gets smaller. Unless youâre at Argonne National Laboratory. At the suburban Chicago laboratory, a group of scientists has seemingly defied the laws of physics... Read more
Seeding the oceans with iron may not address carbon emissions Numerous geo-engineering schemes have been suggested as possible ways to reduce levels of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide in t... Read more
Academics have some ideas, but the ethics are troubling. Weâre the ones causing the problem, so maybe there are biological fixes that could make humanity consume fewer resources. Academics h... Read more
Drilling for natural gas and storing CO2 deep underground may be headed for a collision Natural gas production and carbon sequestration may be headed for an underground collision course. Tha... Read more
Image by Rétrofuturs (Hulk4598) / Stéphane Massa-Bidal via Flickr Environmental Engineers Use Algae To Capture Carbon Dioxide Engineers have designed a simple, sustainable and natural carbon... Read more
Image by silveryyn via Flickr Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) is a hot area of research in the effort to fight global warming through the process of removing carbon from the atmospher... Read more
It might sound like fighting fire with fire, but geologist Chen Zhu proposes the application of another industrial waste to the Hungarian bauxite residue spill, with the aim of reducing toxi... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Crop residues, perennial warm season grasses, and short-rotation woody crops are potential biomass sources for cellulosic ethanol production. While most research is focus... Read more