carbon dioxide
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NASA Visualisation Offers a Disturbing Glimpse of All That Carbon in Our Atmosphere
Animations created by NASA’s Scientific Visualisation Studio include images and videos showing what carbon emissions would look like if they were visible in our atmosphere. The videos of the swirling emissions were released this month — and it looks like a grosser, creepier version of the Northern Lights. The visuals are recreated from 2021 carbon…
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Microbes May Hold the Secret to Creating More Powerful Rocket Fuel
A popular rocket fuel called RP-1 gets its name from its key ingredient: refined petroleum. Research published last week in the journal Joule suggests a potentially cleaner and more powerful ingredient: a molecule produced by the Streptomyces bacteria. The proposed fuel won’t be ready any time soon, but the new research points to this intriguing…
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Biden Admin Makes Multibillion-Dollar Carbon Dioxide Removal Promise
The federal government is banking big on the idea of a climate change “undo” button.
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The Wild, Uncertain Future of Carbon Dioxide Removal
A group of powerful companies on Monday announced a new venture to suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. Meta, Alphabet, Stripe, Shopify, and McKinsey are pledging together to buy $US925 ($1,284) million worth of carbon removal over the next nine years, a move they say will create a market that will help develop needed…