Home-Brewing Biochar in Brooklyn
Among the hot new ideas afloat in the world of geoengineering is biochar, a form of charcoal that some say could significantly help in carbon sequestration in the future. Re:char, a fledgling company...
View ArticleSped-Up Bacteria Could Transform Carbon Dioxide into Natural Gas
Gas from CarbonRITECarbon sequestration could get a lot more interesting with methane-producing bacteriaBacteria naturally turn carbon dioxide into methane gas over billions of years. Now Japanese...
View ArticleCould Bacteria Placed In Oil Wells Convert Oil to Natural Gas While It's...
Natural Gas PowerSince untold quantities of oil started flowing into the Gulf, there's been a lot of talk about bacteria that eat oil. While those microbes might help remediate those millions of...
View ArticleAerodynamic Rocket Nozzle Tech Could Be Repurposed to Efficiently Capture CO2
From Rockets, Carbon-cleaning TechNASABy pressurizing coal plant emissions and running them through high-speed rocket nozzles, engineers think power plants could cheaply scrub carbon dioxide from...
View ArticleNew Process Uses Genetically Modified Yeast to Turn Carbon Dioxide Emissions...
CO2 To BricksPatrick Gillooly/MITCarbon dioxide is bubbled into water and then added to a solution of mineral ions. Genetically engineered yeast help turn the dissolved CO2 into solid carbonates.A...
View ArticleReplacing Water With CO2, New Geothermal Scheme Sequesters While it Generates
Krafla Geothermal Power Station in IcelandÁsgeir Eggertsson via WikimediaCommon geothermal electricity setups generally involve extracting hot water from subterranean rock formations deep inside the...
View ArticleBrilliant 10: The Sludge Miner
Marsh DwellersJohn B. CarnettSusannah Tringe studies the genomic fingerprints of ecosystems to understand how microbial species work togetherSusannah Tringe spends a fair bit of her work time,...
View ArticleNew Material Can Scrub Carbon Dioxide Right Out of the Air at Unprecedented...
SmokestacksSalim Virji via FlickrIf cleaning carbon dioxide from the atmosphere was easy, we'd already be doing it. But carbon capture has proven to be a tough technology to feasibly roll out on a...
View ArticleRogue Geoengineer Dumps 100 Tons Of Iron Off Canada's West Coast
Algal Blooms Along Canada's West CoastGiovanni/Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center/NASALeft: George dumping iron into the ocean (via New Energy Times). Right: This August 2012...
View ArticleTiny Poisonous Trees Could Fight Climate Change In The Desert
Jatropha curcasWikimedia CommonsFive German scientists have proposed a new strategy for mitigating the effects of climate change: turn coastal deserts into forests. Why? Forests, full of trees that...
View ArticleCan We Stop The Surge Of Man-Made Earthquakes?
Environment There's a whole lot more shaking going on in the Midwest lately—and humans are causing it. Last year, scientists had to redraw the U.S. map for seismic activity. There’s a whole lot more...
View ArticleSped-Up Bacteria Could Transform Carbon Dioxide into Natural Gas
Technology Japanese researchers tell pokey bacteria to hurry up and make with the methane Bacteria naturally turn carbon dioxide into methane gas over billions of years. Now Japanese researchers want...
View ArticleCould Bacteria Placed In Oil Wells Convert Oil to Natural Gas While It's...
Science Since untold quantities of oil started flowing into the Gulf, there's been a lot of talk about bacteria that eat oil. While those microbes might help remediate those millions… Since untold...
View ArticleAerodynamic Rocket Nozzle Tech Could Be Repurposed to Efficiently Capture CO2
Science It's not exactly rocket science, but the same company that builds the rocket boosters that launch the Space Shuttles into orbit has a novel idea for bringing down the cost of… It's not exactly...
View ArticleNew Process Uses Genetically Modified Yeast to Turn Carbon Dioxide Emissions...
Technology A method developed at MIT and modeled after seashells could provide a new way to sequester carbon dioxide — by using it to manufacture new carbonate building materials. A method developed...
View ArticleReplacing Water With CO2, New Geothermal Scheme Sequesters While it Generates
Science Common geothermal electricity setups generally involve extracting hot water from subterranean rock formations deep inside the Earth’s crust and using that heat to turn… Common geothermal...
View ArticleBrilliant 10: The Sludge Miner
Science Scanning the genomes of an entire ecosystem will help scientists understand carbon sequestration Susannah Tringe spends a fair bit of her work time, currently for the U.S. Department of Energy...
View ArticleNew Material Can Scrub Carbon Dioxide Right Out of the Air at Unprecedented...
Science If cleaning carbon dioxide from the atmosphere was easy, we'd already be doing it. But carbon capture has proven to be a tough technology to feasibly roll out on a grand… If cleaning carbon...
View ArticleRogue Geoengineer Dumps 100 Tons Of Iron Off Canada's West Coast
Science Geoengineering is always controversial, but it's even more controversial when you don't tell anyone first. The very idea of geoengineering--large-scale tampering with the planet's natural...
View ArticleTiny Poisonous Trees Could Fight Climate Change In The Desert
Science Like something straight out of Dune, but the boring, terraforming parts. Five German scientists have proposed a new strategy for mitigating the effects of climate change: turn coastal deserts...
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