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Changes in Agriculture Could Minimize Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The agricultural industry is the world’s largest source of non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions, and IIASA-led study has discovered that shifting agricultural practices and a change in diet away from meat and dairy products could lower the sector’s emissions by up to 50% by 2050 compared to a situation without mitigation attempts.

18 Dec 2018

New Minerals Show Promise for Sequestering Atmospheric CO2 in Mine Waste

A new study performed by University of Alberta geologists and their collaborators has confirmed that carbon is being captured and stored by new minerals.

13 Dec 2018

New Hybrid Technology Makes it Easier to Capture and Purify CO2 Produced by the Cement Industry

Cement production contributes to 7% of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. Now, a novel hybrid technology makes it less costly and easier to capture and purify CO2 generated by the cement industry, and added to this, the technology can be retrofitted to existing cement plants.

12 Dec 2018

Stanford Scientists Reveal How Human-Generated Carbon Dioxide Could Reshape Oceans

Something strange is taking place in the blue waters off the rocky cliffs of Ischia, Italy. There, streams of gas-filled volcanic bubbles rising up to the surface are drastically altering life around them by turning the seawater acidic.

12 Dec 2018

Microbes Consume CO2 Through Porous Cylindrical Electrode and Exude Useful Chemicals

Microbes could become vital allies in the worldwide efforts to curtail carbon emissions and avoid hazardous climate change.

10 Dec 2018

China Could Massively Increase Solar Power Generation by Fighting Smog

In Beijing, the air is so bad that a brown sheath made of exhaust gases from cars, coal fires, and industry covers the city, blowing significant amounts of dangerous particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, and soot into the atmosphere.

7 Dec 2018

New Sources of Ammonia Pollution Detected from Space

Scientists from the CNRS1 and the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) have put together the first global map of the distribution of atmospheric ammonia (NH3) by examining measurements taken by satellites between 2008 and 2016.

6 Dec 2018

Study Shows Air Pollution is Associated with Increased Risk of Miscarriage

Adverse health outcomes, ranging from pre-term birth to asthma, have been shown to be associated with air quality.

6 Dec 2018

New Report Examines Effects of Climate Change and Air Pollution on Human Health

Researchers at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) have contributed to a new, significant report that looks at the impacts of climate change on human health, and the consequences they hold for society. The study has been published in The Lancet medical journal.

30 Nov 2018

Researcher Develops Novel Approach to Identify Sources of Particulate Matter and Improve Air Quality

The sources of particulate matter, which is a form of pollution, has not been completely understood to date. It is a highly complex mixture formed in the atmosphere from different gaseous precursor molecules.

30 Nov 2018