Carbon Dioxide

New Device Turns Carbon Pollution Into a Useful Chemical

Pollution from home furnaces, fireplaces, and industrial plants releases large amounts of carbon dioxide into the air every day. The gas is a major contributor to climate change, yet once it enters the atmosphere, it becomes difficult and costly...

Scientists Open 1.4 Billion-Year-Old Salt Crystals to Reveal Ancient Secrets

Researchers have cracked open salt crystals that formed over 1.4 billion years ago, uncovering trapped air and fluid that offer rare clues about early Earth. These tiny pockets of brine and gas, preserved inside halite crystals in what is...

Greece Advances Landmark Carbon Dioxide Underground Storage Project

Greece is moving ahead with the development of Prinos CO₂, the country’s flagship underground carbon dioxide storage project. Operated by EnEarth, a subsidiary of Energean, the project recently secured its environmental permit expansion for Phase A. This approval allows...

Poor Ocean Circulation Leads to More Carbon Dioxide in the Air?

A recent study suggests that the long-held understanding of the affect of ocean circulation on carbon storage may need revision. As ocean circulation weakens, there is concern it could in fact release more—rather than less—carbon dioxide from its depths...

Current CO2 Levels Appeared Far Earlier Than Previously Thought, Study Claims

A recent extensive examination of how much carbon dioxide was in the air way back and how hot it was paints a worrisome picture of where our Earth's weather might be going. The new study looks at rock records from...

Scientists Develop Jet Fuel Made Entirely From Human Waste

In a new research, researchers have discovered a method to transform human waste into jet fuel. Firefly Green Fuels, based in Gloucestershire, South West England, claims that its biofuel is just like jet fuel but with a ninety-two percent reduction...

Carbon Dioxide Rather Than Water Triggers Explosive Basaltic Volcanoes

Newly discovered tools at Cornell University have led scientists to a fresh understanding of what causes volcanoes to erupt. While geoscientists used to believe that water and shallow magma were the main triggers, this new research reveals that explosive...

Greenland Ice Core Suggests Potential for Disastrous Sea Level Rise

A new report indicates that Greenland's ice sheet had a significant ice-free area approximately 400,000 years ago, during a period with temperatures similar to today's. This recent discovery came from an ice core that was collected beneath Greenland's ice sheet...

Seagrasses Could Hold Secret to Averting Climate Change

Seagrasses, called by one researcher the Earth's "forgotten ecosystem," could hep us stave off further climate change if they are protected, as they ought to be all around the oceans and seas of the world. As some of the oldest...