Mammalian Ancestors Shed Light on The Great Dying

An artist's depiction of a lystrosaurus munching on a prehistoric plant. It looks kind of like a hippo with a beak. The main body of the animal is grey-ish green and it's beak is ivory with two tusks jutting out from its top jaw.

As we move through the Sixth Extinction, it can be beneficial to examine what caused massive die-offs in the past. Lystrosaurus specimens from South Africa have been found that may …read more Continue reading Mammalian Ancestors Shed Light on The Great Dying

Miracle powder sucks CO2 out of the air ‘like nothing else out there’

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley have invented a material in powder form that adsorbs carbon dioxide with astonishing performance. Just 200 g (a little under 0.5 lb) can suck up 44 lb (20 kg) of CO2, the same as a tree does in a ye… Continue reading Miracle powder sucks CO2 out of the air ‘like nothing else out there’

Pac-Man Ghost Helps With Air Quality Sensing

In the past, building construction methods generally didn’t worry much about air quality. There were enough gaps around windows, doors, siding, and flooring that a house could naturally “breathe” and …read more Continue reading Pac-Man Ghost Helps With Air Quality Sensing

‘ZeroCAL’ cement production process takes CO2 out of the equation

After a decade in the works, researchers at University of California, Los Angeles, have successfully devised a way to produce cement with 98% less CO2 emissions than traditional methods.Continue ReadingCategory: Materials, ScienceTags: Cement, Concrete… Continue reading ‘ZeroCAL’ cement production process takes CO2 out of the equation

Texas Exxon lease, Lake Nyos, and how safe is injecting CO2 into Earth?

ExxonMobil just signed a lease for 271,068 acres of undersea land off the coast of Galveston, Texas to capture and permanently inject carbon emissions (CO2) into the underwater rock bed, making what will be the largest CO2 dump in the United States’ sh… Continue reading Texas Exxon lease, Lake Nyos, and how safe is injecting CO2 into Earth?

Cheap, scalable carbon capture method also rejuvenates rivers

A technique originally developed to combat acid rain has the potential to pull an enormous amount of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere – while helping to deacidify oceans, restore rivers and boost biodiversity and fish populations.Continue ReadingCa… Continue reading Cheap, scalable carbon capture method also rejuvenates rivers

Cheap, scalable carbon capture method also rejuvenates rivers

A technique originally developed to combat acid rain has the potential to pull an enormous amount of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere – while helping to deacidify oceans, restore rivers and boost biodiversity and fish populations.Continue ReadingCa… Continue reading Cheap, scalable carbon capture method also rejuvenates rivers

New greener building bricks made from demolished school and CO2

Back in 2021, researchers came up with a recipe for greener concrete that had building waste and CO2 among its ingredients. Now the same team has used rubble from a demolished school and the greenhouse gas to produce bricks to build new structures.Cont… Continue reading New greener building bricks made from demolished school and CO2

New type of carbon-capturing wood discovered in nature

Tulip trees have been around for millions of years, but a new analysis of their structure has revealed a previously unknown type of wood. The finding could explain why the trees are great at sequestering carbon and help our efforts to do the same.Conti… Continue reading New type of carbon-capturing wood discovered in nature