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Cutting carbon: New tech traps, stores airborne emissions
Oct 08, 2007 |
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In a finding that could shrink the massive carbon footprint of cars worldwide, a New York scientist has proposed an industrial technology that captures CO2 directly from the atmosphere. The study is scheduled ...
Carbon dioxide 'scrubber' captures greenhouse gases
Sep 29, 2008 |
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University of Calgary climate change scientist David Keith and his team are working to efficiently capture the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide directly from the air, using near-commercial technology.
Lehigh receives grant to reduce cost of carbon capture at coal-fired power plants
Nov 20, 2009 |
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Lehigh University's Energy Research Center (ERC) has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop methods of recovering and reusing the heat that would be generated by the carbon-dioxide (CO2) compressio ...
Capturing images in non-traditional way may benefit AF
Jul 14, 2009 |
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New research in imaging may lead to advancements for the Air Force in data encryption and wide-area photography with high resolution.
Amazon powers tropical ocean's carbon sink
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 21, 2008 |
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Nutrients from the Amazon River spread well beyond the continental shelf and drive carbon capture in the deep ocean, according to the authors of a multi-year study.
Synthetic Fuel Concept to Steal CO2 From Air
Feb 13, 2008 |
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Los Alamos National Laboratory has developed a low-risk, transformational concept, called Green Freedom™, for large-scale production of carbon-neutral, sulfur-free fuels and organic chemicals from air and water.
Sydney reports high levels of pollution
Feb 23, 2006 |
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The city of Sydney, Australia, is experiencing a smog-filed summer season as air pollution levels double and officials have issued 14 health warnings.
First Successful Demonstration of Carbon Dioxide Air Capture Technology Achieved
Apr 25, 2007 |
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Global Research Technologies, LLC (GRT), a technology research and development company, and Klaus Lackner from Columbia University have achieved the successful demonstration of a bold new technology to capture ...
Researchers eye clean energy possibilities along Portuguese coast
Dec 16, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT researchers are working with Portuguese colleagues to design a pilot-scale device that will capture significantly more of the energy in ocean waves than existing systems, and use it to ...
Oil and gas production a major source of Dallas-Fort Worth smog
Feb 10, 2009 |
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The first comprehensive analysis of air emissions associated with natural gas and oil production in the Barnett Shale area finds that emissions can be a significant contributor to Dallas-Fort Worth smog formation, comparable ...
Carbon capture strategy could lead to emission-free cars
Feb 11, 2008 |
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Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a strategy to capture, store and eventually recycle carbon from vehicles to prevent the pollutant from finding its way from a car tailpipe into the atmosphere. ...
Researchers develop initial step toward carbon sequestration
Sep 21, 2009 |
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MIT researchers have developed designs for a new kind of coal-burning power plant, called a pressurized oxy-fuel combustion system, whose carbon-dioxide emissions are concentrated and pressurized so that they ...
Roaring bats
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Apr 30, 2008 |
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Annemarie Surlykke from the Institute of Biology, SDU, Denmark, and her colleague, Elisabeth Kalko, from the University of Ulm, Germany, studied the echolocation behavior in 11 species of insect-eating tropical bats from ...
Opening the Door for CO2
Aug 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Until recently, factory smokestacks that produced nothing but carbon dioxide and water vapor were considered exemplary. Now CO2 has become notorious as a greenhouse gas, and the danger of climate change has ...
Even Low Levels of Air Pollution May Pose Stroke Risk
May 29, 2008 |
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A new study investigated the association between short-term exposure to ambient fine particulate matter and the risk of stroke and found that even low pollutant levels may increase that risk. The study is published in Annals of ...
