How CO2 leads to changes in bumble bee reproduction

Carbon dioxide may calm bumble bees down, but a new study shows it can also trigger other physiological responses, including in reproduction.

Katie Bohn-Penn State • futurity
Dec. 2, 2022 ~7 min

Carbon dioxide triggers earlier bumble bee reproduction

Carbon dioxide may calm bumble bees down, but a new study shows it can also trigger a physiological responses involved with reproduction.

Katie Bohn-Penn State • futurity
Dec. 2, 2022 ~7 min


New report shows forests have big role to play in climate change fight

Study looks at how forests in New England can be better utilized in the fight against climate change.

Juan Siliezar • harvard
Nov. 14, 2022 ~5 min

Ocean microbes get their diet through a surprising mix of sources, study finds

Up to one-third of the carbon consumed by Prochlorococcus may come from sources other than photosynthesis.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Nov. 3, 2022 ~7 min

Turning CO2 solid could allow underground burial

Understanding more about processes that turn carbon dioxide into a solid could lead to its safe burial beneath the Earth's surface.

UC Irvine • futurity
Nov. 1, 2022 ~5 min

Team uses carbon dioxide to make green bioplastics

A new system that uses carbon dioxide to produce bioplastics could cut greenhouse gas emissions and our reliance on nondegradable plastics.

Texas A&M University • futurity
Oct. 11, 2022 ~5 min

Small eddies play a big role in feeding ocean microbes

Swirling waters replenish nutrients in open ocean, a new study finds, and could mitigate some climate change effects.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Oct. 3, 2022 ~7 min

Turning carbon dioxide into valuable products

Assistant Professor Ariel Furst and her colleagues are looking to DNA to help guide the process.

Nancy W. Stauffer | MIT Energy Initiative • mit
Sept. 7, 2022 ~14 min


Stranded assets could exact steep costs on fossil energy producers and investors

A new study estimates potential losses by 2050 amid low-carbon energy transition.

Mark Dwortzan | MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change • mit
Aug. 19, 2022 ~3 min

Cheap material could capture CO2 from tailpipes

A new, cheap, energy-efficient material could be key to carbon capture. It could even potentially work to suck up carbon from car tailpipes.

Robert Sanders-UC Berkeley • futurity
Aug. 8, 2022 ~9 min

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