What’s the Largest Current on Earth? It Moves More Water Than Every River Combined—Many Times Over
Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Credit: Wikimedia Commons Earth’s mightiest current has no banks. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current, or ACC,…
New method converts emissions to fuel feedstock without purification
An international team of researchers developed a method to convert the carbon dioxide emitted from factories into fuel feedstock without cleaning or…
India plans rules to boost car fuel economy to curb oil imports
NEW DELHI: India is proposing rules to improve fuel efficiency of passenger vehicles as it seeks to curb…
Airborne study suggests tropical forests are absorbing less air pollution than models predict
Climate models have often treated tropical forests as a major brake on carbon pollution. New findings from an…
Earth’s Plants May Have Nearly 2 Billion Years Left Before the Planet Becomes Too Hostile
Credit: Wikimedia Commons Earth’s last great survivor may not be humanity, or even animals. It may be photosynthesis…
Carbon dioxide can selectively oxidize alkenes
It’s a well-established fact that there’s a lot of carbon dioxide floating around and more being released…
Q&A: The current state of ‘carbon dioxide removal’ around the world
Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies will need to be deployed at rates even faster than those seen for…
Webb Detects Methane on Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
Using the spectral data from the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) onboard the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have…
Webb Detects Methane in Atmosphere of Exo-Saturn TOI-199b
Using spectral data from the Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) onboard the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers analyzed the…
Scientists Discover Major Errors in Al Gore-Founded Climate Pollution Database
Researchers examining urban transportation emissions uncovered major discrepancies between two leading carbon-tracking systems, with some cities showing unexpectedly…
Ancient Earth Repeatedly Thawed during Catastrophic Ice Ages, New Research Suggests
Earth experienced extreme climate swings during the Neoproterozoic epoch (one billion to 538.8 million years ago), including the…
Beavers Turn Rivers Into Powerful Carbon Sinks, Study Finds
Beavers are emerging as unlikely climate champions after scientists discovered their dams and wetlands can trap huge amounts…