Catalyst turns CO2 into green fuel ingredient
Fabio Bergamin-ETH Zurich • futurity
July 30, 2019 • ~4 min

Removing carbon dioxide from power plant exhaust

MIT researchers are developing a battery that could both capture carbon dioxide in power plant exhaust and convert it to a solid ready for safe disposal.

Nancy W. Stauffer | MIT Energy Initiative • mit
July 29, 2019 • ~15 min

Our breath gets mosquitoes looking out for blood

"Our breath is just loaded with CO2. It's a long-range attractant, which mosquitoes use to locate a potential host that could be more than 100 feet away."

James Urton-Washington • futurity
July 22, 2019 • ~7 min

Rocks cooled the whole planet 15 million years ago

Scientists have debated what kept a long period of global cooling going 15 million years ago. New research may debunk a popular theory.

Peter Rüegg-ETH Zurich • futurity
July 16, 2019 • ~5 min

As tundras warm, microbes could make climate change worse

A warmer tundra means more greenhouse gases from microbes, new research shows. That's bad news for fighting climate change.

John Toon-Georgia Tech • futurity
July 12, 2019 • ~6 min

Pathways to a low-carbon China

Study projects a key role for carbon capture and storage.

Mark Dwortzan | Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change • mit
July 8, 2019 • ~5 min

Ocean’s CO2 absorbing powers change over time

The ocean is one of the biggest absorbers of carbon dioxide, but that absorption isn't always steady.

Sonia Fernandez-UCSB • futurity
July 1, 2019 • ~5 min

Harvard chemist: Permafrost N2O levels 12 times higher than expected

A recent study shows that nitrous-oxide emissions from thawing Alaskan permafrost are about 12 times higher than previously assumed. About a quarter of the Northern Hemisphere is covered in permafrost, which is thawing at an increasing rate. And, even though researchers are monitoring carbon dioxide and methane, no one seems to be monitoring N2O, the most potent greenhouse gas.

Caitlin McDermott-Murphy • harvard
June 6, 2019 • ~8 min

Strategy could turn CO2 emissions into useful chemicals

Capturing and using carbon emissions to make chemicals and plastics could help fight climate change, but there are a few caveats.

Harrison Tasoff-UC Santa Barbara • futurity
May 20, 2019 • ~8 min

Microbes near volcanoes help store a whole bunch of CO2

New research shows "a new way that tiny microorganisms can have an outsized impact on a large-scale geological process and the Earth's climate."

Todd Bates-Rutgers • futurity
April 25, 2019 • ~3 min

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