Tag: carbon

Quantum quirk explains why carbon dioxide causes global warming

A phenomenon called the Fermi resonance, which affects how molecules vibrate, is responsible for a large part of carbon dioxide’s planet-warming effect

Can carbon removal become a trillion-dollar business?

“TODAY WE SEE the birth of a new species,” declared Julio Friedmann, gazing across the bleak landscape. Along with several hundred grandees, the renowned...

Path to net-zero carbon capture and storage may lead to ocean

Lehigh Engineering researcher Arup SenGupta has developed a novel way to capture carbon dioxide from the air and store it in the "infinite sink"...

Mast Reforestation is using drones, nurseries and carbon offsets to revitalize land after wildfires

Seattle startup Mast (formerly DroneSeed) takes a high-tech approach to reforestation.Mast ReforestationLast year, the U.S. endured more than 68,000 wildfires, consuming around 7.6 million...

New ‘whipping jet’ sprayer controls how aerosols move: The invention could benefit pharmaceutical, automotive, food processing, carbon capture and other industries

Aerosols are tiny particles that can have a significant impact on Earth's climate and human health. For example, these microdroplets can reflect incoming sunlight back...

Accacia tackles the real estate industry’s massive carbon emissions problem

The real estate and infrastructure sectors contribute about 40% of global carbon emissions, and part of solving the climate crisis is fixing how those...

Growing pure nanotubes is a stretch, but possible: Rice theorists show how tight ‘diet’ could produce single-chirality carbon nanotubes

Like a giraffe stretching for leaves on a tall tree, making carbon nanotubes reach for food as they grow may lead to a long-sought...

Why ‘Carbon Emissions’ Are Now ‘Climate Pollution’

California activists fought to frame climate change as an air quality problem. Now it’s federal law.

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