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DIY graphene in your kitchen blender
Apr 22, 2013 (UPI)
Graphene is made up of a one-atom thick sheet of carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb-like structure. It is strong, flexible, lightweight, nearly transparent an...
Massive amounts of charcoal from world's wildfires end up in oceans
Apr 19, 2013 (UPI)
Massive amounts of charcoal created when wildfires ravage the world's forests don't stay in the soil as thought but end up in oceans, researchers say. The charc...
Marine algae show resilience to carbon dioxide emissions
Apr 17, 2013 (SPX)
A type of marine algae could become bigger as increasing carbon dioxide emissions are absorbed by the oceans, according to research led by scientists based at t...
CO2 released from burning fuel today goes back into new fuels tomorrow
Apr 15, 2013 (SPX)
The search for ways to use megatons of carbon dioxide that may be removed from industrial smokestacks during efforts to curb global warming has led to a process...
Deserts soak up surprising amount of carbon dioxide
Apr 07, 2013 (UPI)
It's well known that trees "breathe" in carbon dioxide and "exhale" oxygen. The giants of the plant kingdom keep temperatures down and filter the air, leading c...
Soils in newly forested areas store substantial carbon that could help offset climate change
Apr 06, 2013 (SPX)
Surface appearances can be so misleading: In most forests, the amount of carbon held in soils is substantially greater than the amount contained in the trees th...
'Waste heat' may economize CO2 capture
Apr 02, 2013 (SPX)
In some of the first results from a federally funded initiative to find new ways of capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from coal-fired power plants, Rice University...
Even graphene has weak spots
Apr 02, 2013 (SPX)
Graphene, the single-atom-thick form of carbon, has become famous for its extraordinary strength. But less-than-perfect sheets of the material show unexpected w...
China and Australia collaborate on carbon
Mar 28, 2013 (UPI)
Australia and China are collaborating on a carbon tax for China. Speaking this week at the Australia-China Ministerial Dialogue on Climate Change in Sydney, Aus...
Computer models show how deep carbon could return to Earth's surface
Mar 24, 2013 (SPX)
Computer simulations of water under extreme pressure are helping geochemists understand how carbon might be recycled from hundreds of miles below the Earth's su...
Ocean plankton sponge up nearly twice the carbon currently assumed
Mar 24, 2013 (SPX)
Models of carbon dioxide in the world's oceans need to be revised, according to new work by UC Irvine and other scientists published online Sunday in Nature Geo...
Long predicted atomic collapse state observed in graphene
Mar 08, 2013 (SPX)
The first experimental observation of a quantum mechanical phenomenon that was predicted nearly 70 years ago holds important implications for the future of grap...
New material allows fuels to be produced while reducing CO2 emissions
Mar 08, 2013 (SPX)
At present, power stations run using renewable energies (wind, solar or wave) produce energy peaks that are wasted, since they do not coincide with the energy n...
EU court rejects Polish challenge to CO2 emissions system
Mar 07, 2013 (AFP)
A top EU court rejected Thursday a challenge by Poland, heavily dependent on coal, to the bloc's controversial greenhouse gas trading system. The General Court ...
CSIRO 'solar sponge' soaks up CO2 emissions
Feb 26, 2013 (SPX)
The breakthrough presents a new way to recycle CO2 emissions using renewable energy. The 'sponge' which is made from a new smart material called a MOF - metal o...
Stanford scientists explore new technologies that remove atmospheric CO2
Feb 22, 2013 (SPX)
In his Feb. 12 State of the Union address, President Obama singled out climate change as a top priority for his second administration. "We can choose to believe...
EU carbon trading survives key vote
Feb 22, 2013 (UPI)
The beleaguered EU carbon emissions trading system survived a key vote in the European Parliament this week, in which MEPs agreed to "backloading." The Parliame...
China to get emissions tax?
Feb 21, 2013 (UPI)
China has indicated it plans to introduce a tax on carbon dioxide emissions. Jia Chen, who heads the tax policy division at the Ministry of Finance, in a postin...
Euro MPs back plans to freeze pollution credits
Feb 19, 2013 (AFP)
The European Parliament's environment committee on Tuesday backed efforts to make investment in clean technology financially more attractive by freezing about 9...
A war without end with Earth's carbon cycle held in the balance
Feb 19, 2013 (SPX)
The greatest battle in Earth's history has been going on for hundreds of millions of years, isn't over yet, and until now no one knew it existed, scientists rep...
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