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Electrolysis workstation incorporates mass spectrometry to accelerate carbon-dioxide reduction research

Physics World

The electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide is used to produce a range of chemical and energy feedstocks including syngas (hydrogen and carbon monoxide), formic acid, methane and ethylene. As a result, developing new and improved electrochemical processes for carbon-dioxide reduction is an important R&D activity.

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Celebrating 30 Years of Environmental Progress As The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

PA Environment Daily

Since DEP’s inception, Pennsylvania has recycled over 146 million tons of material—preventing 196 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions. million cars from the road for a year or preserving the carbon-storing capacity of 234 million acres of forest. That’s the equivalent of removing 43.8

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How Are Solar Panels Made?

Union of Concerned Scientists

Still, over their lifetimes, solar panels emit 25 times less carbon dioxide equivalent per kilowatt hour than coal-powered electricity. You’re left with 99% pure silicon and carbon monoxide (that’s from the carbon we added, bonded to the oxygen we removed from the silicon dioxide). Chemistry break!

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New Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS’s Biggest Mysteries Explained

Scientific American

Thanks to its keen infrared vision, JWST is better suited for teasing out the presence of molecules such as water, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and ammonia. With JWST, we’re hoping to see a lot of carbon dioxide [on 3I/ATLAS], maybe even water, if it’s as pristine as people are projecting.

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Inside the IPCC 61st Plenary Meeting: Debates and Decisions Shaping Climate Policy

Union of Concerned Scientists

The days were long, and results were mixed, but at the end of the week, key decisions were made to move the IPCC process forward.

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Eco-Friendly Process To Convert Carbon Dioxide Back Into Fuel Offers Way To Close The Carbon Loop

PA Environment Daily

By Jennifer Matthews, Penn State News A new, environmentally friendly, single-step process has been developed to convert carbon dioxide into higher hydrocarbons using plasma, according to scientists and engineers. Finding a better way to convert waste carbon dioxide under mild conditions remains a major challenge in catalysis.

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Fermentation turns greenhouse gases into useful chemicals

Physics World

According to the International Energy Agency, the chemical production sector is the single largest industrial consumer of oil and gas and the third-largest carbon emitter, putting out just short of a gigatonne of carbon dioxide emissions in 2020. kg of carbon dioxide, respectively. kg and 1.85 kg and 1.17