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This new fuel cell could revolutionize carbon capture technology
While hydrogen fuel cells have made news lately for their promise to produce clean, efficient energy, there’s a new a fuel cell that’s promising to make headlines. Researchers have created something called the direct carbon fuel cell that generates clean energy using solid carbon sources like Read More...
US health care is incredibly wasteful. To clean it up, we should look to India
We may not think about it much, but the medical industry produces plenty of waste from treatments, tossing disposable gowns, caps, booties, gloves and blankets, in addition to using loads of energy to drive machines needed in diagnosis and surgery. And that's not even talking anesthesia, which is a Read More...
Reduce your carbon footprint with these sneakers
While stepping into your favorite pair of kicks may make you feel good, have you ever considered the impact that your sneakers have on the environment? From materials to manufacturing, producing a pair of shoes emits around 13 kg of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. The production of the Read More...
Huge carbon sink in minerals: New avenue for offsetting rising greenhouse gases
Soil holds more than three times the carbon found in the atmosphere, yet its potential in reducing atmospheric carbon-dioxide levels and mitigating global Read More...
Better land use can achieve 30 percent of carbon cuts by 2030
As nations plan to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel combustion, an international team of scientists has calculated just how much the natural and farmed world could contribute to future stability by absorbing ever more carbon dioxide. The answer: up to 30 percent more than anyone Read More...
New data gives hope for meeting the Paris climate targets
This week the world received alarming news that carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere reached a record high, displaying that there is still much that needs to be done in order to mitigate the effects of climate change. On the other hand, the data also reveals that global carbon pollution appears Read More...
This startup turns climate pollution into fish feed
At the rate at which we’re harvesting fish from the ocean, we may not have enough food to feed farmed fish, let alone humans. That’s why a startup is replacing fish food with something more sustainable: microbes grown with carbon dioxide. The startup feeds carbon dioxide to microbes that can Read More...
Regreening the planet could lower carbon levels and end use of fossil fuels
There’s a new study out spearheaded by The Nature Conservancy and published in the Proceedings Of The National Academy of Sciences which presents a series of 20 steps that can be taken to naturally mitigate the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Taken together, the effect on carbon Read More...
From fluffy pillows to concrete: The uses of captured CO2
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are contributing to global warming, so could technologies removing some of the gas from the atmosphere help slow the process? When you tuck yourself into bed tonight - curling up on your memory foam mattress and fluffy pillows - consider this: you could be helping to Read More...
This chandelier improves the air quality in your home
There are lamps that mimic natural light. There are also innovations that filter pollution out of the air in the streets. Now, a designer has combined the two approaches in a “living chandelier”. The chandelier absorbs carbon dioxide from the air and releases Read More...