Stanford Scientists Just Found a Faster, Cheaper Way to Store Carbon Permanently
A team at Stanford has developed a powerful yet low-energy way to trap atmospheric CO2 using heated minerals. By enhancing ...
A Fiery Exoplanet With Mysterious Clouds Is Reshaping Our Understanding of Worlds
Scientists using JWST have uncovered striking cloud formations and extreme heat contrasts on LTT 9779 b, a rare ultra-hot ...
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Low-cost method transforms ordinary rocks into carbon dioxide storage
I'm really rooting for the Stanford University researchers working on this carbon removal method. They've found a way to ...
'Day temperature of 2,000°C': James Webb finds Neptune-like planet, so hot it’s evaporating before our eyes
James Webb found LTT 9779 b, a Neptune-like exoplanet with 2,000°C heat, extreme winds, and evaporating clouds—challenging ...
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Natural rock weathering captures carbon over millennia. Chemists just reduced it to weeks.
By firing rock dust in standard cement kilns, they altered the mineral's chemistry so that it quickly react with carbon ...
Scientists create new building material that also tackles climate change
Researchers in the United States find a low-cost method using rocks to trap carbon dioxide - one of biggest drivers of global warming ...
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Common Rocks And A Cement-Making Technique Could Transform How We Capture Carbon Dioxide
Instead, researchers have started turning to alternative ways to capture COby turning to the planet's vast reserves of silicate minerals. “The Earth has an inexhaustible supply of minerals that ...
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New process gets common rocks to trap carbon rapidly, cheaply
"Our work solves this problem in a way that we think is uniquely scalable." In nature, common minerals called silicates react with water and atmospheric CO 2 to form stable bicarbonate ions and ...
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Clever chemistry can make rocks absorb CO2 much more quickly
Natural silicate minerals such as basalt react with water and CO2 to form solid carbonate materials, a process known as enhanced rock weathering (ERW). Studies suggest spreading crushed silicate ...
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Research Unveils Solution for Large-Scale CO2 Sequestration
An innovative method using magnesium-rich silicates for CO2 removal shows promise for scalable carbon management and enhanced climate change mitigation.