US power sector is halfway to zero carbon emissions
Projected versus actual outcomes for the U.S. power sector. Credit: Berkeley Lab Concerns about climate change are driving a ...
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Soil Moisture Drives Year-to-Year Change in Land Carbon Uptake
Earth’s land ecosystems absorb a large portion of all the carbon dioxide emissions produced by human activities, helping to ...
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One of Earth’s biggest carbon sinks has been overestimated
New research published March 24 in Nature, however, suggests that when elevated carbon dioxide levels drive increased plant growth, it takes ...
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How clean electricity can upgrade the value of captured carbon
Credit: University of Toronto A team of researchers from U of T Engineering has created a new process for ...
Read moreDon’t believe hydrogen and nuclear hype – they can’t get us to net zero carbon by 2050 | Energy
Now that the whole world seems to be aligned behind the goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2050, ...
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Cheap, nontoxic carbon nanodots poised to be quantum dots of the future
Tiny fluorescent semiconductor dots, called quantum dots, are useful in a variety of health and electronic technologies but are ...
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FedEx will spend $2 billion to become carbon neutral by 2040
FedEx will spend $2 billion in “initial investments” to become carbon neutral by 2040, the company announced today. The ...
Read moreCarbon tax would be popular with UK voters, poll suggests | Greenhouse gas emissions
Taxing carbon dioxide emissions would be popular with voters, polling suggests, as the government moots ways to put a ...
Read moreA Sponge to Soak Up Carbon Dioxide in the Air
Human activity is now leading to the equivalent of 40 billion tons of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere ...
Read moreOil firms should disclose carbon output, says BlackRock | Financial sector
BlackRock, the world’s biggest investor, has said that oil companies and other polluting industries should disclose their carbon emissions ...
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