9 Results for: greenhouse gas

Researchers Turn Beer Into “Green” Gasoline

A group of researchers in Spain has managed to turn a brewery by-product into a fuel that's similar to conventional gasoline.

Climeworks: Where Carbon Capture Meets Greenhouse Fertiliser

Carbon capture plants - that filter carbon dioxide directly out of the atmosphere - could help provide the solution to the world's growing CO2 problem. In Switzerland, Climeworks has inaugurated the first ever commercial plant of this type - a tower of giant air filters located just outside Zurich.

Newly Discovered Bacterium is “Chonkus” By Name, CO2 Degradation Tool by Nature

Even with the most consistent savings measures, it is not possible to totally stop greenhouse gas production. However, a newly discovered cyanobacterium "Chonkus" may be a vital partner for reaching net-zero.

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MethaneSAT: A Climate Change Tool That’s Out of This World

Methane is one of the planet's most dangerous greenhouse gases. A new satellite—the size of a washing machine—is set to provide vital data.

Harnessing AI to Soar Above Contrails: A Green Revolution in Aviation?

Contrails are a little-known, yet significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. One large tech company's AI solution might offer a breakthrough.

Renewable Energy — What You Need to Know

Energy resources exist in different forms. The effects of climate change, and the impact that greenhouse gas emissions have on the atmosphere are dependent on humans understanding the difference.

Bill Gates and Co-Investors Pledge Over $1 Billion to Fight Climate Change

Some of the wealthiest entrepreneurs in the world just launched Breakthrough Energy Ventures, a fund that will invest in new technologies that bring clean energy to the world. The investors will prioritise ideas tackling the most greenhouse gas intensive activities: electricity, transportation, agriculture, manufacturing and buildings.

A Dietary Supplement Makes Cow Burps More Climate-Friendly

A compound could help reduce agriculture-related greenhouse gas emissions by decreasing the methane content of cow belches.

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Watching the Earth Breathe from Space

It is not such groundbreaking news to know that the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has already exceeded 400 parts per million. We humans are burning fossil fuels day and night, adding more than 36 billion tonnes of this greenhouse gas every year. Have any of us thought about: where does this CO2 go?