Scientists Engineer Crops to Consume More Carbon Dioxide
Yale E360
DECEMBER 23, 2024
Scientists have engineered sugarcane and sorghum to take advantage of rising levels of carbon dioxide, allowing these crops to grow bigger. Read more on E360
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As Carbon Dioxide Grows More Abundant, Trees Are Growing Bigger, Study Finds
Yale E360
SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
Trees are feasting on decades of carbon dioxide emissions and growing bigger as a result, according to a new study of U.S. Read more on E360 →.
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New Bill Targets Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Leaks
Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
Candidate at UCLA Law (2L) Last week, Assemblymember Dr. Joaquin Arambula introduced AB 2623 , a bill designed to guard California communities against the dangers of transporting carbon dioxide in pipelines. You might be familiar with carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change.
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Scientists Will Engineer the Ocean to Absorb More Carbon Dioxide
Scientific American
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
A research consortium plans to revive geoengineering trials of the controversial iron fertilization technique to pull carbon dioxide from the air, despite public backlash
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Carbon dioxide gas spotted in atmosphere of Jupiter’s moon Callisto
New Scientist
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
Carbon dioxide gas found throughout the atmosphere of Callisto hints it has a complex carbon cycle – akin to the one which on Earth helps to sustain life
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Spreading Rock Dust on Farmland Has Potential to Draw Down Huge Sums of Carbon Dioxide
Yale E360
AUGUST 15, 2023
Spreading volcanic rock dust on cropland could help the world reach a key carbon removal goal, a new study finds. Read more on E360 →
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Upcoming Developments in International Governance of Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal
Law Columbia
OCTOBER 25, 2024
The next week has the potential to bring important developments for international governance of marine carbon dioxide removal (CDR). seaweed) for carbon storage. The post Upcoming Developments in International Governance of Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal first appeared on Climate Law Blog.
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Air Company Launches Sustainable Aviation Fuel Made from Captured CO2
Environment + Energy Leader
OCTOBER 1, 2022
Air Company, a carbon technology company that creates carbon-negative alcohols and fuels from Carbon Dioxide (CO2), has launched its Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) made from captured CO2. The post Air Company Launches Sustainable Aviation Fuel Made from Captured CO2 appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
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New Study Says World Must Cut Short-Lived Climate Pollutants as Well as Carbon Dioxide to Meet Paris Agreement Goals
Inside Climate News
MAY 23, 2022
The study found that limiting warming in coming decades as well as longer term requires policies that focus not only on reducing emissions of carbon dioxide, but also of “short-lived climate pollutants”—greenhouse gases including methane and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)—along with black carbon, or soot.
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Global ‘Stilling’: Is Climate Change Slowing the World’s Wind?
Yale E360
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
As carbon dioxide levels rise and the Earth’s poles warm, researchers are predicting a decline in the planet’s wind speeds. This ‘stilling’ could impact wind energy production and plant growth and might even affect the Gulf Stream, which drives much of the world’s climate. Read more on E360 ?.
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Quantum quirk explains why carbon dioxide causes global warming
New Scientist
FEBRUARY 13, 2024
A phenomenon called the Fermi resonance, which affects how molecules vibrate, is responsible for a large part of carbon dioxide’s planet-warming effect
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The definitive CO2/CH4 comparison post
Real Climate
SEPTEMBER 19, 2021
but it inevitably brings forth a mish-mash of half-remembered, inappropriate or out-of-date comparisons between the impacts of carbon dioxide and methane. Thus despite the smaller concentrations and changes in methane compared to carbon dioxide, the impacts are comparable. Stocks and flows. References. Etminan, G.
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As 1.5 Degrees Looms, Scientists See Growing Risk of Runaway Warming, Urgent Need to Slash Emissions
Yale E360
MARCH 15, 2023
degrees C of warming, scientists warn that rising temperatures are degrading the Earth's ability to soak up carbon dioxide, threatening to further exacerbate climate change. As the planet rapidly approaches 1.5 To keep warming in check, they stress, countries must make steep cuts to emissions in the next few years.
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Danone to Reduce Methane Emissions from Dairy Supply Chain by 30%
Environment + Energy Leader
JANUARY 19, 2023
million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent to methane emissions by 2030. With this new initiative, Danone expects to remove 1.2 The post Danone to Reduce Methane Emissions from Dairy Supply Chain by 30% appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
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House, Senate Send Bill Authorizing Geologic Sequestration Of Carbon Dioxide To The Governor
PA Environment Daily
JULY 11, 2024
On July 11, the House-- by a vote of 127 to 75 -- and the Senate-- by a vote of 37 to 12 -- passed and sent to the Governor Senate Bill 831 (Yaw-R- Lycoming) establishing a framework for authorizing the geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide through injection wells. This practice could be widespread in a carbon-constrained world.
Air Company Launches Sustainable Aviation Fuel Made from Captured CO2
Environment + Energy Leader
OCTOBER 1, 2022
Air Company, a carbon technology company that creates carbon-negative alcohols and fuels from Carbon Dioxide (CO2), has launched its Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) made from captured CO2. The post Air Company Launches Sustainable Aviation Fuel Made from Captured CO2 appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.
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For Decades, Our Carbon Emissions Sped the Growth of Plants — Not Anymore
Yale E360
AUGUST 14, 2023
For the last century, rising levels of carbon dioxide helped plants grow faster, a rare silver lining in human-caused climate change. But now, as drier conditions set in across much of the globe, that uptick in growth is leveling off, a new study finds. Read more on E360 →
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Worth the Investment? Carbon Storage Funding Awarded to the Port of Corpus Christi
Environment + Energy Leader
FEBRUARY 4, 2023
million from the DOE as part of its CarbonSAFE initiative to evaluate the feasibility of permanently storing captured carbon dioxide (CO2) from industrial operations. Carbon Storage Funding Awarded to the Port of Corpus Christi appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. The largest port in the U.S. received $16.4
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New York City Greenery Absorbing All Traffic Emissions on Many Summer Days
Yale E360
JANUARY 6, 2023
On many summer days, trees, shrubs, and grasses across the New York metro area soak up as much carbon dioxide as is generated by all cars, buses, and trucks, according to new research. Read more on E360 →.
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Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels hit another all-time high
New Scientist
DECEMBER 4, 2023
Despite urgent calls to slash fossil fuel use to meet climate targets, the Global Carbon Budget report shows that 2023 emissions will be about 1.1 per cent higher than last year
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Greenwashing in Graphs: an ExxonMobil Story
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 9, 2024
In addition, environmental justice advocates and frontline communities routinely point to the danger of concentrated carbon dioxide , embedded siting inequities , and the use of CCS to distract from the real work of phasing out fossil fuels.) Who needs units anyway? Exxon’s figure shows relative changes in cost (as measured in…?)
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Progress Possible at COP 28 Despite Fossil Fuel Industry Deception
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 10, 2023
Global net anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions include carbon dioxide from fossil fuel combustion and industrial processes, net carbon dioxide from land use, land use change and forestry, methane, nitrous oxide, and fluorinated gases. of its long-term investments to sources of low-carbon energy like wind and solar.
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Exotic Powder Pulls Carbon Dioxide from the Air at a Record Rate
Scientific American
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
A unique crystalline compound soaks up CO 2 with great efficiency
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Net Zero/Not Zero
Real Climate
NOVEMBER 20, 2021
With empirical data and more and better modeling, it has become clear that, to first approximation, the eventual anthropogenic warming from carbon dioxide is tied to the cumulative emissions. This figure is from the AR6 SPM: The relationship between cumulative carbon emissions and temperature (SPM AR6).
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Perspective | Water is the New Carbon
Circle of Blue
APRIL 7, 2022
Third, industry should work with governments, researchers, and nonprofits to spearhead public awareness campaigns that bring water into climate change discussions alongside carbon, and that elevate understanding of our rapidly changing water landscape, just as has been done for carbon dioxide budgets, sources, and sinks.
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The Fossil Fuel Industry Continues Producing Heat-Trapping Emissions that Drive Climate Change
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 4, 2024
The InfluenceMap dataset includes company-by-company data on emissions of carbon dioxide–the heat-trapping gas responsible for the largest contribution to climate change–and methane, a very potent heat-trapping gas that lasts a shorter time in the atmosphere.
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House Committee Amends, Reports Out Senate Bill Setting A Framework For Geologic Sequestration Of Carbon Dioxide
PA Environment Daily
JUNE 25, 2024
On June 25, the House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee unanimously amended and reported out Senate Bill 831 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) establishing a framework for geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide.
Don’t hamstring carbon removal
Legal Planet
AUGUST 2, 2022
Assessments by the IPCC have made clear that the most feasible way for the world to meet its target of restricting climate change to below two degrees Celsius of warming includes rapid and massive expansion of carbon removal technology – technology that would extract carbon dioxide and permanently sequester that carbon dioxide underground.
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The Origins of Climate Awareness in the Legal Academy
Legal Planet
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
In particular, he said, “reliance upon coal, on the other hand, could aggravate the ‘greenhouse effect,’ whereby excess carbon dioxide (which accompanies coal burning) traps heat inside the earth’s atmosphere, thus possibly melting the icecaps and raising the level of the oceans.”
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New Study Shows Planting Trees May Not Be as Good for the Climate as Previously Believed
Inside Climate News
MARCH 13, 2024
The climate benefits of trees storing carbon dioxide is partially offset by dark forests’ absorption of more heat from the sun, and compounds they release that slow the destruction of methane in the atmosphere, the research shows.
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Waste-To-Energy Tech Could Slash U.S. Water Sector Carbon Emissions, But Its Potential Remains Underdeveloped
Circle of Blue
AUGUST 3, 2021
that currently use anaerobic digestion installed an energy recovery facility, the country could reduce its annual carbon dioxide emissions by 2.3 Using biogas for energy is not carbon neutral because burning the methane-rich gas still releases carbon dioxide. Decades of energy policy decisions have left the U.S.
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The False Promise of Carbon Capture as a Climate Solution
Scientific American
MARCH 1, 2024
Fossil-fuel companies use captured carbon dioxide to extract more fossil fuels, leading to a net increase in atmospheric CO 2
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Carbon Removal Is Catching On, but It Needs to Go Faster
Scientific American
JUNE 9, 2024
World leaders must make plans to remove more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, a new report says
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Spreading rock dust on farms boosts crop yields and captures CO2
New Scientist
MARCH 27, 2024
We already have evidence that rock dust can remove carbon dioxide from the air – now there are signs that spreading the dust on farm fields also enhances crop growth
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Seabed trawling found to be a major source of global CO2 emissions
New Scientist
JANUARY 17, 2024
Bottom trawling, a controversial and destructive fishing technique, releases large amounts of carbon dioxide from the seabed – and much of this gas gets into the atmosphere
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One of Earth's major carbon sinks collapsed in 2023
New Scientist
JULY 25, 2024
Forests and other land ecosystems emitted almost as much carbon dioxide as they absorbed in 2023 – it will be much harder to restrict global warming to agreed targets
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Flower farm could supply nickel for electric vehicle batteries
New Scientist
JULY 4, 2024
A start-up in Albania co-founded by a mining industry mogul is farming plants to harvest carbon-neutral nickel from the soil while simultaneously removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
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Why Were 2023 and 2024 So Hot?
Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 7, 2025
You might be thinking, if the burning of fossil fuels increases Earths albedo due to additional aerosols in the atmosphere, shouldnt this offset any impact from the effects of increased heat-trapping emissions like carbon dioxide?
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Global capacity to directly suck CO2 from air has just quadrupled
New Scientist
MAY 8, 2024
A new plant in Iceland operated by the firm Climeworks can remove up to 36,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide from the air per year, more than quadrupling existing global capabilities
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New Satellite Will Track Methane Super Emitters
Scientific American
AUGUST 19, 2024
Tanager-1 is the first in a series of satellites that aim to pinpoint major emitters of carbon dioxide and methane, major greenhouse gases
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Has Gasoline Use in California Peaked?
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
Burning gasoline in an automobile produces carbon dioxide, the primary cause of climate change. Each gallon of gasoline used results in 19 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere, and the extraction of oil, refining, and distribution of gasoline results in the equivalent of an additional 4.5
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No False Solutions PA Coalition: 2nd Carbon Dioxide Leak Reported At ADM Carbon Capture Plant In Illinois, Delay In Notifying Public Should Give PA Pause On Carbon Capture Storage
PA Environment Daily
OCTOBER 3, 2024
On September 27, ADM notified EPA they would be temporarily pausing carbon dioxide inspections after discovering a potential brine fluid leak in their second monitoring well. Local officials found out about the leaks on September 13 based on news media reports. Read more here. Read more here.
Danger Season in South America: Climate Change Brings Unbelievable Record Heat
Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
At the country-level, the United States is the largest historic contributor to the climate crisis, having contributed about one quarter of all carbon dioxide emissions (the main driver of global warming) between 1750-2020.
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Dusting farms with waste concrete could boost yields and lock up CO2
New Scientist
APRIL 17, 2024
Ground-up concrete can remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in a similar way to ground-up rocks, according to a field study in Ireland
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