Remarkable new material captures toxic pollutants from air
New material is capable of capturing trace amounts of benzene, a toxic pollutant, from the air and crucially use less energy
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Joseph Shavit
Apr 23, 2022
Using Hundred-Year-Old Chemistry to Capture Carbon Directly From Air
Power plants and other industrial facilities often spew carbon dioxide into the atmosphere like a leaky faucet.
Joseph Shavit
Mar 20, 2022
Factory sucks CO2 from the air and turns it to rock
A newly-opened plant is sucking carbon dioxide from the air and turning it to rock, locking away the main culprit behind global warming.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 21, 2022
Decarbonisation tech instantly converts CO2 to solid carbon
New tech offers pathway for instantly converting CO2 as it is produced and locking it in a solid state, keeping it out of the atmosphere.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 9, 2021
Scientists use sunlight and modified sawdust to reversibly capture carbon dioxide
Study propose a new method to capture CO2 using sunlight as the energy source and modified sawdust as the CO2 absorbent.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 7, 2021
In Iceland, CO2 sucked from the air is turned to rock
At the foot of an Icelandic volcano, a newly-opened plant is sucking carbon dioxide from the air and turning it to rock.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 8, 2021
Recycled concrete and CO₂ from the air made into a new building material
A new kind of concrete could reduce emissions from the construction industry. Calcium carbonate concrete is made from waste concrete.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 7, 2021
New and simpler method to dispose of the greenhouse gas to help tackle global warming
With the new method, carbon dioxide is transformed into useful porous complexes (PCPs/MOFs) at room temperature and without high pressure.
Joshua Shavit
Sep 21, 2021
How Carbon Pricing can save America's forests from Global Warming
Economic incentives for landowners to keep their land in productive forests could be a valuable policy tool for reducing greenhouse gases
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