Forty-seven entries from seven countries are set to take part in a competition aimed at finding new ways to convert carbon dioxide into valuable products. The NRG COSIA Carbon XPrize will award US$20 million to the teams that develop the best breakthrough technologies for "reimagining CO2."
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According to research conducted by ESA, atmospheric methane and carbon dioxide levels are continuing to rise, despite global efforts to lower emissions. The data was gathered by the long-serving Envisat probe, combined with readings from Japan’s GoSat mission.
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According to a new international study using NASA satellite data, sizable parts of the Earth have shown significant greening over the last 35 years largely due to rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
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Researchers have demonstrated a one-step conversion of carbon dioxide and water directly into a simple and inexpensive liquid hydrocarbon fuel using a combination of high-intensity light, concentrated heat, and high pressure.
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US researchers claim to have created an efficient way to take carbon dioxide directly from the air and convert it into methanol - a process which could help the atmosphere and provide clean burning fuel at the same time.
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Researchers from the Institute of Advanced Sustainability Studies and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have developed a process that extracts the energy content of methane, in the form hydrogen, without producing carbon dioxide.
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Scientists at Queen's University Belfast have devised a class of liquids that feature permanent holes at the molecular level, in a development that could help manipulate gases in new and effective ways.
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NASA has analyzed 14 years worth of data collected by its TIMED satellite, revealing a surprisingly fast increase in carbon dioxide levels in the upper atmosphere. The stats also reveal that the gas is more localized to the Northern Hemisphere than predicted by climate models.
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A new study has revealed that during the period in which the red planet's distinctive valleys supposedly formed, the Martian atmosphere may have already been too depleted to maintain the free-running water that it is believed to have carved out the geological features.
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Scientists have created a hybrid system of bacteria and semiconducting nanowires that take water, sunlight and carbon dioxide and turn them into the building blocks of biodegradable plastics, pharmaceutical drugs and even biofuel.
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