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Monitoring CO2 Leakage Sites on the Ocean Floor

August 22, 2019

Currently, scientists lack an established method to identify and quantify multiple CO2 leaks spread across a region of t...

Clearing up the 'Dark Side' of Artificial Leaves

August 1, 2019

Current artificial leaves are wildly inefficient

Next-Gen Membranes for Carbon Capture

July 26, 2019

Carbon capture can be done using so-called "high-performance membranes," which are polymer filters that can specifically pick...

Counter-Intuitive Climate Change Solution

May 22, 2019

Stanford researchers outline vision for a profitable approach to cleaning the air

Moving Artificial Leaves out of the Lab and into the Air

February 13, 2019

The artificial leaf would be at least 10 times more efficient than natural leaves at converting carbon dioxide to fuel

China Not 'Walking the Walk' on Methane Emissions

January 30, 2019

Chinese regulations on coal mining have not curbed the nation's growing methane emissions over the past five years

New Research Suggests Forests, like Humans, Require a Balanced Diet

December 20, 2018

The world's forests are on a fast food diet of carbon dioxide, which is currently causing them to grow faster

Cracking Open a Cold One with the Flies

November 30, 2018

Fruit flies are attracted to carbon dioxide, a gas associated with their favorite foods—and some of our favorite bevera...

Amazon Forests Failing to Keep up with Climate Change

November 8, 2018

Researchers used long-term records from more than 100 plots to track the lives of individual trees across the Amazon reg...

Moss Rapidly Detects, Tracks Air Pollutants in Real Time

October 18, 2018

Plants have evolved the ability to sense light, touch, gravity, and chemicals in the air and soil

Innovative Sensing Technique Could Improve Greenhouse Gas Analysis

October 11, 2018

Ghost imaging technique achieves sensitive detection of gases at fine resolution

New Battery Gobbles up Carbon Dioxide

September 21, 2018

Lithium-based battery could make use of greenhouse gas before it ever gets into the atmosphere

Cash, Carbon, Crude: How to Make Oil Fields Bury Emissions

September 19, 2018

Stanford study highlights a path and price to coax emissions back into oil reservoirs

Diving Robots Find Antarctic Winter Seas Exhale Surprising Amounts of Carbon Dioxide

August 15, 2018

More than 100 oceanic floats are now diving and drifting in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica during the peak of winter...

Putting Excess Carbon Dioxide to Good Use

May 30, 2018

Researchers have discovered that bismuth has an unusual property that can be harnessed to help the environment

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