The technologies are a useful tool to reduce CO2 levels but have yet to move us away from fossil fuels. By Natasha Gilbert / Knowable Magazine Published Jul 13, 2024 12:00 PM EDT This article was ...

More than 200 kilometers off Norway’s coast in the North Sea sits the world’s first offshore carbon capture and storage project. Built in 1996, the Sleipner project strips carbon dioxide from natural ...

Current methods of capturing and releasing carbon are expensive and so energy-intensive they often require, counterproductively, the use of fossil fuels. Taking inspiration from plants, researchers ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

Researchers are developing battery technologies to fight climate change in two ways, by expanding the use of renewable energy and capturing airborne carbon dioxide. Researchers recently created and ...

The Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture (YCNCC), created in 2021 to study the fundamental and applied science of natural carbon capture, is taking the next step in its evolution with a new managing ...

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Atmospheric CO2 continues to increase and, despite considerable worldwide efforts to cut down on carbon waste, is expected to rise more in coming decades. Researchers demonstrated that new, lower-cost ...

Tucked away in the most extreme nooks and crannies of the Earth are biodiverse galaxies of microorganisms — some that might help scour the atmosphere of the carbon dioxide mankind has pumped into it.

Imagine: A switch is flicked and, in a heartbeat, every process spewing deadly pollution into the heavens is replaced with something clean and sustainable. Sadly, even then, the Earth would still tip ...

It’s hard to miss the headliners at Kew Gardens. The botanical collection in London is home to towering redwoods and giant Amazonian water lilies capable of holding up a small child. Each spring, its ...

Chris Wu’s MSES experience allowed him to pivot his career into sustainable energy with the US Department of Energy’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations. The cherry on top? He is helping to make ...