New technology could use carbon dioxide captured from power plants to make a new kind of lithium battery. …read more Source:: Science
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There and back again: Mantle xenon has a story to tell
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•Volatiles — such as water, carbon dioxide and the noble gases — come out of the earth’s interior through volcanism and may be injected into the mantle from the atmosphere, …read more Source:: Science
‘Electrogeochemistry’ captures carbon, produces fuel, offsets ocean acidification
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•Limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius will require not only reducing emissions of carbon dioxide, but also active removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. This has prompted heightened …read more Source:: Science
New catalyst turns ammonia into an innovative clean fuel
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•Ammonia (NH3) has attracted attention in recent years as a carbon-free fuel that does not emit carbon dioxide. For use as a fuel, it should have a lower combustion temperature …read more Source:: Science
Coral reef experiment shows: Acidification from carbon dioxide slows growth
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•Ocean acidification will severely impair coral reef growth before the end of the century if carbon dioxide emissions continue unchecked. The paper represents the first ocean acidification experiment in which …read more Source:: Science
Reducing the footprint of a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide
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•Scientists have unlocked a new, more efficient pathway for converting one of our most potent greenhouse gases directly into basic chemicals for manufacturing plastics, agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals. …read more Source:: Science
Rising CO2 is causing trouble in freshwaters too, study suggests
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•As carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the atmosphere rise, more CO2 gets absorbed into seawater. As a result, the world’s oceans have grown more acidic over time, causing a wide …read more Source:: Science
Transforming greenhouse gases: New ‘supercatalyst’ to recycle carbon dioxide and methane
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•Engineers have developed a new and cost-effective catalyst to recycle two of the main causes behind climate change — carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4). …read more Source:: Science
Greenhouse gas concentrations surge to new record
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•Concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere surged at a record-breaking speed in 2016 to the highest level in 800,000 years, according to a new report. The abrupt changes in …read more Source:: Science
Sunlight and ‘right’ microbes convert Arctic carbon into carbon dioxide
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•A new study outlines the mechanisms and points to the importance of both sunlight and the right microbial community as keys to converting permafrost carbon to CO2. …read more Source:: Science