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Semiconductor catalyst achieves high selectivity in converting carbon dioxide to methanol
A new palladium-loaded amorphous InGaZnOx (a-IGZO) catalyst achieved over 91% selectivity when converting carbon dioxide to ...
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What is carbon dioxide; does carbon cause global warming? What to know.
Chemically, carbon dioxide is incredibly simple – it is just one carbon atom linked with two oxygen atoms. Together they create a colorless gas that makes up just a tiny fraction of the Earth's ...
Tech Xplore on MSN3d
New concrete blend absorbs more carbon dioxide while using less cement
From the mud, straw, and gypsum mixtures of ancient Egypt's monumental pyramids to the sophisticated underwater material ...
How carbon capture works and the debate about whether it’s a future climate solution
A 2021 study also found the carbon capture process emits significant amounts of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that’s shorter-lived than carbon dioxide but traps over 80 times more heat. That ...
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Illinois Lawmakers Vote to Limit Carbon Sequestration Near a Major Aquifer
A bill passed by the Illinois legislature could slow the growth of carbon sequestration proposals—and proposals, in ...
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A pipeline rupture in Satartia, Mississippi has lessons for ... - NPR
Companies are building carbon dioxide pipelines as a possible climate solution. But after a pipeline rupture sent dozens to the hospital in a Mississippi town, there are questions about their safety.
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Carbon dioxide emissions: See how China, US and India emit the most
What is carbon dioxide? Here's what to know and a look at how it contributes to global warming. It is invisible, odorless and colorless yet is responsible for 63% of the warming attributable to ...
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Carbon Dioxide Levels Have Passed a New Milestone
Carbon dioxide acts like Earth’s thermostat: The more of it in the air, the more the planet warms. In 2023, global levels of the greenhouse gas rose to 419 parts per million, around 50 percent ...
New Scientist on MSN7d
Fig trees may benefit climate by turning carbon dioxide into stone
Some carbon dioxide absorbed by fig trees gets turned into calcium carbonate within the wood and the surrounding soil, ...
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An oil firm wants to pull CO2 from the sky - NPR
Oxy would capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, inject it into an oil field, and then argue that the CO2 used to make the oil cancels out the CO2 released by burning that oil.
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How carbon capture works - Orlando Sentinel
About 45 carbon-capture facilities operated on a commercial scale last year, capturing a combined 50 million metric tons of carbon dioxide — a tiny fraction of the 37.8 gigatonnes of carbon ...
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How carbon capture works - Daily Press
About 45 carbon-capture facilities operated on a commercial scale last year, capturing a combined 50 million metric tons of carbon dioxide — a tiny fraction of the 37.8 gigatonnes of carbon ...