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Telling Numbers: Carbon dioxide levels are now comparable to 4 million years ago
June 07, 2022 1:17 pm
Compared to the 280 ppm before the Industrial Revolution, the currently 420 ppm is 50% higher than those levels.
Explained: Battery-like device that captures carbon dioxide while charging
May 24, 2022 2:13 pm
The supercapacitor device, which is similar to a rechargeable battery, is the size of a coin, and is made in part from sustainable materials including coconut shells and seawater.
Bacteria-rich soil at Kaziranga may be hindering it from acting as carbon sink
February 10, 2022 11:26 am
Photosynthesis -- a biological process in which plants absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide and release oxygen with the help of adequate sunlight -- was getting affected in this park, located in a heavy rainfall zone of the country.
A science teacher explains: What if there was no carbon dioxide in the air?
February 04, 2022 8:26 pm
As a life force behind photosynthesis, lack of this gas would create a domino effect with the food chain - no living plants and animals would mean no living humans.
Carbon capture and storage: where should the world store CO2? It's a moral dilemma
December 07, 2021 11:31 am
At the current rate of deployment, 700 million tonnes of CO2 storage capacity will be added by 2050 -- 10% of what is required.
World's underground fungal life to be mapped for first time
December 01, 2021 12:53 pm
The world-first map will be used to identify sites with the potential to store more CO2, and withstand changes brought about by global heating.
Greenhouse gas concentrations hit a new record in 2020, says UN
October 26, 2021 2:23 pm
The World Meteorological Organisation reports that greenhouse gas concentrations hit a new record high last year and increased at a faster rate than the annual average for the last decade
Climate change pushes New Zealand to warmest recorded winter
September 06, 2021 4:49 pm
For the three months through August, the average temperature was 9.8 degrees Celsius, which is 1.3 degrees Celsius above the long-term average.
For many, hydrogen is the fuel of the future. New research raises doubts
August 13, 2021 9:38 pm
Today, very little hydrogen is green, because the process involved — electrolysing water to separate hydrogen atoms from oxygen — is hugely energy intensive.
Parts of the Amazon go from absorbing carbon dioxide to emitting it
July 15, 2021 11:15 am
The most affected regions have warmed by 4.5 degrees Fahrenheit during the dry season in the last 40 years, comparable to the changes seen in the rapidly warming Arctic.
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