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Q&A: Removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

Radu Custelcean, an organic chemist at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is working with colleagues to develop an energy-efficient and sustainable method for scrubbing carbon dioxide directly from the air so that it can be s.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgApr 19th, 2022

Study: Wildfires will make the land absorb much less carbon, even if warming is kept below 1.5°C

One of the aims of the Paris Agreement was to "pursue efforts" to keep global warming below 1.5°C, but even this ambitious target would not stop the land's ability to absorb carbon weakening as wildfires become fiercer and more frequent, according t.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 3rd, 2024

Decades-long research reveals new understanding of how climate change may impact caches of Arctic soil carbon

Utilizing one of the longest-running ecosystem experiments in the Arctic, a Colorado State University-led team of researchers has developed a better understanding of the interplay among plants, microbes and soil nutrients—findings that offer new in.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 3rd, 2024

As temperatures rise, researchers identify mechanisms behind plant response to warming

Microscopic pores on the surface of leaves called stomata help plants "breathe" by controlling how much water they lose due to evaporation. These stomatal pores also enable and control carbon dioxide intake for photosynthesis and growth......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 2nd, 2024

Titan Submersible Hearings Spotlight Multiple Issues With Its Carbon Fiber Hull

Testimony identifies manufacturing defects and problems following an earlier dive and reveals that OceanGate conducted no testing or remedial work despite concerns with the hull......»»

Category: gadgetSource:  wiredRelated NewsOct 2nd, 2024

An Ultrathin Graphene Brain Implant Was Just Tested in a Person

A Spanish biotech company sees the carbon material as a way to power the brain-computer interfaces of the future......»»

Category: gadgetSource:  wiredRelated NewsOct 2nd, 2024

Are plants and fungi trading carbon for nutrients? Not likely, say researchers

Every year, plants move 3.58 gigatons of carbon to mycorrhizal fungi, their underground partners—enough, in fact, that if it were ice, it would cover 112 million NHL hockey rinks. However, a dominant scientific theory explaining that huge transfer.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 1st, 2024

McLaren reveals 1,275-hp W1, its fastest production car

The $2 million-plus halo model bristles with new tech including a lightweight plug-in hybrid system, bespoke carbon-fiber monocoque and slippery bodywork......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsOct 1st, 2024

Apple silently removes Beddit apps from iOS App Store

It’s been seven years since Apple acquired Beddit, a platform specializing in sleep monitoring. In 2022, the company began phasing out Beddit products by removing them from retail stores. Now Apple has also removed Beddit apps from the iOS App Stor.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  9to5macRelated NewsOct 1st, 2024

Fluorescent molecules to illuminate life: Simplified synthesis with formaldehyde

A research team has recently made a breakthrough in synthesizing organic fluorophores more cost-effectively and atom-efficiently than ever before by using formaldehyde, the simplest carbon molecule. Their findings were published in Angewandte Chemie.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 30th, 2024

Increased sea surface cooling from hurricanes observed along the Southeast Coast of the United States in recent decades

Utilizing satellite observations and ocean reanalysis datasets, researchers have analyzed the change in sea surface cooling induced by hurricanes and the corresponding ocean-atmosphere environment along the Gulf and Southeast coastal regions of the U.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 30th, 2024

New mission to create total solar eclipses in space

A UK team of researchers including UCL's Professor Lucie Green are working on the launch of a spacecraft mission that will allow us to view the sun's atmosphere in more detail than ever before......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 30th, 2024

Researchers use carbon nanotube derivatives to strengthen recyclable plastics

Reducing the environmental impact caused by plastics can be addressed through different strategies, such as the manufacture of more durable plastics or recycling. In general, there are two main types of plastics. The first is thermoplastics, which ca.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 30th, 2024

Inland waters crucial for accurate climate assessments, research suggests

Inland waters release substantial amounts of greenhouse gases, but this is rarely included in climate assessments. New research from Umeå University shows that not accounting for carbon fluxes between land and water systems leads to incorrect assess.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 30th, 2024

Enhanced denitrification achieved with innovative biochar-based substrate under low carbon/nitrogen conditions

An study led by researchers from the Harbin Institute of Technology has unveiled a substantial development in wastewater treatment technology. Published in Engineering, the research introduces an innovative approach to improving denitrification in co.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 27th, 2024

Ryugu samples call into question previous ideas about the formation of carbon-rich asteroids

Asteroid Ryugu possibly did not travel as far from its place of origin to its current near-Earth orbit as previously assumed. New research published in the journal Science Advances suggests that Ryugu was formed near Jupiter......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 27th, 2024

Another building block of life can handle Venus" sulfuric acid

Venus is often described as a hellscape. The surface temperature breaches the melting point of lead, and though its atmosphere is dominated by carbon dioxide, it contains enough sulfuric acid to satisfy the comparison with Hades......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsSep 27th, 2024

New approach reveals details about aerosol properties from hard-to-sample areas in the atmosphere

The spatial distribution of ambient aerosol particles plays a huge role in aerosol–radiation–cloud interactions; however, not enough sampling has been done from the atmospheric boundary layer and lower free troposphere. This leaves large gaps in.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsSep 27th, 2024

New research could extend the lifetime of key carbon-capture materials

Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), in collaboration with the Georgia Institute of Technology, have made a significant breakthrough in understanding the impact of carbon dioxide (CO2) on the stability of amine-functionalized.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 27th, 2024

Lignin-based sunscreen offers natural and high-performance UV protection

In a significant breakthrough for the cosmetics industry, researchers have developed a new type of sunscreen using lignin, a naturally abundant polymer, and titanium dioxide (TiO2). The study, led by Yarong Li and Zhiguang Tang, was published in the.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 27th, 2024

World"s first CO&#8322 storage service soon ready in Norway

Norway is set to inaugurate Thursday the gateway to a massive undersea vault for carbon dioxide, a crucial step before opening what its operator calls the first commercial service offering CO2 transport and storage......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 26th, 2024