Can recycled lab gloves capture carbon dioxide?
 The world is facing a climate crisis and a plastic waste crisis. Aarhus University chemist Troels Skrydstrup…
China’s ‘artificial photosynthesis’ method converts CO2 into petrol
A team of Chinese scientists has unveiled a breakthrough method that turns carbon dioxide and water into valuable…
Chinese scientists turn carbon dioxide to starch with 10-fold productivity boost
Chinese scientists have increased the yield of a carbon dioxide-to-starch conversion method by more than 10 times, potentially…
Tectonic Plate Movements, Not Volcanoes, Drove Major Climate Shifts Over 540 Million Years
New research challenges conventional wisdom by demonstrating that mid-ocean ridges and continental rifts, not volcanic eruptions, played the…
CO2 + H2O = cleaner recycling of dead lithium batteries?
Chinese scientists have found a way to recycle lithium batteries using only carbon dioxide and water – eliminating…
3I/ATLAS Shows Signs of Full Cometary Awakening after Perihelion
According to new observations by NASA’s SPHEREx mission, the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS has dramatically changed its behavior, developing…
Geoengineering The Ocean — What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. It is fashionable today to lambaste scientists as…
Are Colorado’s carbon emissions among the highest in the world?
Yes. While Colorado ranks near the middle of U.S. states for carbon emissions per capita, it still produces…
Making peatlands a green economy in Ireland’s Midlands
Published on 05/01/2026 – 15:00 GMT+1 The Irish Midlands is a region defined by contradictions. Geographically, it is…
This Giant Inflatable Dome Is Actually a CO2 Battery Designed To Store Renewable Energy For a Full Day. Here’s How It Works
Credit: Energy Dome. On the Italian island of Sardinia, a strange, gleaming bubble rises from a patch of…
Scientists Find Ancient Air Bubbles in 1.4 Billion-Year-Old Salt Crystals
Researchers have found ancient gases and fluids trapped in 1.4-billion-year-old halite crystals from northern Ontario, Canada. Their analyses…
Coal as a raw material, an elemental game
Letters to the editor The challenge of coal as a raw material The article on coal as a…