Tag: Carbon dioxide

CO2: Climate Killer or Valuable Resource?

Written by Laura Wagener, 15-04-2019

Negative-emissions technologies - that remove carbon dioxide from the air and in some cases, even turn it into something new - are powerful tools in the fight against climate change. In our latest Knowledge article we look at some of the most innovative approaches. Read on

Climate Protection

A New Form of Carbon Capture: Turning CO2 Back Into Coal at Room Temperature

Written by Tristan Rayner, 07-03-2019

Returning to a pre-industrial era before we started burning coal to try and avert climate change might sound like the stuff of dreams for some environmentalists. Now researchers in Australia have come up with a method of "undoing" emissions by turning them back into coal. Read on

Climate Protection

Making Fuel From Thin Air: Carbon Engineering Claims Huge Step Forward in Carbon Capture Technology

Written by Mark Newton, 13-06-2018

A Canadian Direct Air Capture company claims it can drastically reduce the costs of removing carbon from the air - and turn it into fuel. Read on

Green New Deal

Money Compensates the World Cup’s Carbon Footprint

Written by Ajay Pal Singh Chabba, 18-07-2014

To balance out the environmental impact of the recent World Cup, managing body FIFA offset its operational carbon emissions by purchasing carbon credits. Read on

Algae lamp absorbs 200 times more CO2 than trees

Recommended by Jo Wilkinson, 23-10-2013

An innovative lamp powered by algae has the potential to absorb up to one tonne of CO₂ every year, according to its designer, which is as much as a single tree absorbs over its entire lifetime. To source

Fields on fire: making farming more sustainable in India

Recommended by Ajay Pal Singh Chabba, 17-12-2012

The northern Indian state of Punjab feeds 500 million people each year with rice and wheat, but traditional farming methods that clear fields by burning plant residue release carbon dioxide and other gases. If global agriculture is to reduce its contribution of up to 30% of global greenhouse gas emissions, farming needs to be made more sustainable. To source

Marine Life in Danger – The Reality Is Worse Every Day

Recommended by Anna Rees, 28-08-2012

Here is the sad truth: if the carbon dioxide levels continue to increase, there are several marine species that won’t be able to survive the changes. Although there are measures taken to save them, it looks like they won’t be efficient and adequate enough. If we want these species to survive, there will be need for more unconventional steps. To source

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