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Scientists want to track ocean heat using magnetic fields
As the Earth heats up, much of the heat sinks into the oceans.
Scientists are trapping more and more CO2 into volcanic basalt
Storing CO2 underground might be one pivotal for our climate future.
Photosynthetic solar cell turns carbon dioxide and sunlight into fuel
Fossil fuels could soon be a thing of the past.
NASA shows how much CO2 we really pump into the atmosphere
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have never been higher: the average global CO2 levels have reached the 400 parts ...
China pollutes more than previously thought – still way less per capita than the US
According to recently released data from Chinese authorities, the country is burning out even more than previously thought
Massive aquifers beneath the world’s deserts might store more carbon than all living plants
Chinese researchers sampled water from an underground aquifer in the Tarim Basin and found these store vast quantities of carbon ...
Carbon emissions threaten to destroy pink salmon population
The effects of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are great and long reaching - a new study has found that pink ...
Ocean acidification could destroy shelled animals by 2030
Ocean acidification, one of the often ignored dangers associated with climate change is becoming increasingly worrying. As our climate becomes ...
Scientists find direct evidence that CO2 heats the Earth’s crust
When we're talking about CO2 emissions and global warming, we generally mean atmospheric CO2 - where the gas is spewed ...
Washing soda could be used to capture CO2 fired by power plants
Lawrence Livermore scientists have devised tiny capsules made up of a highly permeable polymer shell and a sodium carbonate solution ...
New process turns CO2 into alcohol using enzymes
We've previously told you how our ancestors' adaptation to metabolizing alcohol which first happened some 10 million years ago may ...
Failing carbon policies: we’re seeing the largest carbon emissions increase in 30 years
Image: Sustainability Ninja U.N. scientists released a report in which they conclude man-made carbon emissions released between ...
Copper foam turns CO2 into useful chemicals
Brown University researchers reported the development of a copper foam which could turn CO2 into useful chemicals such as formic ...
Mysterious Siberian craters attributed to methane. Permafrost methane release might have begun
The "mysterious" craters in Siberia have actually been caused by methane seeping from the melting permafrost. No rockets, no meteorites, ...
New Catalyst converts CO2 to methanol 90 times faster than current options
Scientists have found a much more efficient way of converting CO2 into methanol, using a catalyst with oxide nanoparticles. The ...
Carbon dioxide hits 400 ppm for the first time in human history
Carbon dioxide levels throughout the northern hemisphere hit 400 parts per million (ppm) for the first time in human history ...
Rising atmospheric CO2 lowers nutrient content in crops
Farmers will have to more carefully manage nitrogen fertilization as the world climate warms up to ...
Carbon capture of the future might turn CO2 into construction materials
We all know that CO2 dumped in the atmosphere (consequences in the ocean, where the most carbon winds up actually ...
Some 1,700 US cities under threat of going under-water by 2100
According to a recently published in the journal PNAS, some 1,700 cities in the United States coastal areas are under ...