Was CO2 actually lower before Earth got trees?

Geochemical evidence suggests that carbon dioxide levels may have been much lower millions of years before the emergence of large forests.

Dan Bernardi-Syracuse • futurity
Jan. 27, 2023 ~7 min

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

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

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

Forest research links carbon uptake and water use

New climate change ecology research links the amount of carbon dioxide taken in by land ecosystems, such as forests, to the availability of water.

National University of Singapore • futurity
June 22, 2022 ~9 min

Textile filter grabs CO2 from gas and air

A textile filter made from cotton and an enzyme that speeds chemical reactions shows promise for removing CO2 from air and gas mixtures.

Tracey Peake-NC State • futurity
June 6, 2022 ~7 min


Can this soil microbe boost artificial photosynthesis?

"This bacterial enzyme is the most efficient carbon fixer that we know of, and we came up with a neat explanation of what it can do."

Glennda Chui-Stanford • futurity
May 16, 2022 ~11 min

Heating trick gets plastic waste to suck up CO2

A new chemical technique "is a great way to have one problem, plastic waste, address another problem, CO2 emissions," says James Tour.

Mike Williams-Rice • futurity
April 6, 2022 ~5 min

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