Climate change mitigation: Turning carbon dioxide into rock
CarbFix I pilot CO2 injection site during wireline diamond drilling to recover a 150 m of core from the CO2 storage reservoir in 2014...
New NASA space observatory to study carbon conundrums
Artist's rendering of NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO)-2, one of five new NASA Earth science missions set to launch in 2014, and one of...
Sequestration on shaky ground: Natural impediment to long-term sequestration of carbon dioxide
A new study finds a natural impediment to the long-term sequestration of carbon dioxide.
Credit: Christine Daniloff/MIT
Carbon sequestration promises to address greenhouse-gas emissions by capturing...
Anesthetic gases raise Earth’s temperature (a little) while you sleep
The gases used to knock out surgery patients appears to be contributing to global warming.
Credit: © Herjua / Fotolia
The gases used to knock out...
Natural regeneration of tropical forests helps global climate mitigation and forest restoration
Pasture with young second-growth forest in the background in Chiapas, Mexico.
Credit: Robin Chazdon
Climate scientists have long recognized the importance of forest conservation and forest...
A battery-inspired strategy for carbon fixation
This is a flowchart of energy storage and carbon fixation using Li-CO2 technology.
Credit: Qiao et al.
Scientists working toward the elusive lithium-air battery discovered an...
Human bones may have been engraved as part of a cannibalistic ritual
Engraved artefacts from Gough's Cave.
Credit: Bello et al (2017); CCAL
Human bones may have been engraved as part of a cannibalistic ritual during the Paleolithic...
Oldest horned dinosaur species in North America found in Montana: Hooked beak, sharply pointed...
This is a an artist's reconstruction of Aquilops in its environment in ancient Montana
Credit: Copyright Brian Engh, courtesy of Raymond M. Alf Museum of...
Dino hips discovery unravels species riddle
Life reconstruction of the newly discovered Latenivenatrix mcmasterae by Julius Csotonyi.
Credit: Julius Csotonyi
New research from University of Alberta paleontologists shows one of North America's...
New species of dinosaur named after Canadian icon
This is a life recreation of Albertavenator curriei.
Credit: Illustrated by Oliver Demuth. © Oliver Demuth
Scientists from the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) and the Philip...
Sleep makes it possible for babies to associate words with content, and not with...
After a midday nap in babies who fell asleep after the learning phases, the brain could differentiate between the right and wrong term for...
