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16 May 202410 May 2024

Cheap catalyst could help turn carbon dioxide into fuels

Molybdenum compound offers an efficient way to make carbon monoxide - a building block of chemicals and fuels

6 May 20243 May 2024

New research confirms plastic production is directly linked to plastic pollution

Study finds that more than half of global branded plastic pollution can be tracked to just 56 Companies

23 January 202417 January 2024

Catalytic Combo Converts CO2 to Solid Carbon Nanofibers

Tandem electrocatalytic-thermocatalytic conversion could help offset emissions of potent greenhouse gas by locking carbon away in a useful material

Katalysator-Kombination wandelt Kohlendioxid in feste Kohlenstoff-Nanofasern um

"Das Neue an dieser Arbeit ist, dass wir versuchen, CO2 in etwas umzuwandeln, das einen Mehrwert bietet, aber in einer festen, nützlichen Form"

31 January 202326 January 2023

New hybrid catalyst could help decarbonization and make ethylene production more sustainable

Ames Laboratory scientists together with others from several Universities developed a way to use carbon dioxide as a feedstock powered by electricity

18 January 202217 January 2022

OSU research finds way to scrub carbon dioxide from factory emissions, make useful products

A scientific collaboration led by a researcher at Oregon State University resulted in the development of a new compound that can harvest carbon dioxide from smokestacks and use it to produce commercially beneficial chemicals

17 May 20219 September 2021

New Report: Opportunities and Limits of CO2 Recycling in a Circular Carbon Economy

Examening 19 CO₂ recycling pathways to understand the opportunities and the technical and economic limits of CO₂ recycling products gaining market entry and reaching global scale

25 November 20199 September 2021

Direct Air Capture: The Key To Reversing Climate Change

The pace of global climate change is accelerating

24 October 20199 September 2021

The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Direct Air Capture

What is Direct Air Capture, how does it work, how does it pay, how far along is the science, how far along is commercialization?

23 August 201820 August 2018

How the global heatwave is harming agriculture today and creating problems for the bio-economy tomorrow

Research crop scientist from the K-State Northwest Research-Extension Center, Professor Robert Aiken, explores agriculture and crop research issues in the United States today

22 December 201720 December 2017

Earth Institute: The Truth About Bioplastics

Bioplastics are often touted as being eco-friendly, but do they live up to the hype?

14 July 20167 July 2016

107 Nobel laureates sign letter blasting Greenpeace over GMOs

The letter asks Greenpeace to cease its efforts to block introduction of a genetically engineered strain of rice

20 June 20169 September 2021

Turning CO2 into rock

International study has shown for the first time that the greenhouse gas CO₂ can be permanently and rapidly locked away by injecting it into volcanic bedrock

18 January 20169 September 2021

CO2-Filter: Ein Kescher fürs Treibhausgas

Climeworks Pilotanlage soll ab nächsten Sommer 900 Tonnen CO₂ pro Jahr einfangen

19 August 20159 September 2021

Startups have figured out how to remove carbon from the air

Will anyone pay them to do it?

27 July 201524 July 2015