carbon dioxide : Chinatopix

Follow Usrss google twitter facebook

Bookmark CHINA TOPIX Subscribe Now

Home > carbon dioxide

carbon dioxide

Researchers Develop Method Using Baking Soda to Capture CO2

Marco Foronda |

Feb 08, 2015 04:39 AM EST

The main benefit of using carbonates is that they're not harmful to the environment.

Underwater Volcanic Activity Alters Climate Change

Marco Foronda |

Feb 07, 2015 06:12 AM EST

The oceanic crust is constantly renewed by underwater volcanic chains called spreading ridges.

Tropical Forests Absorb More CO2 than Previously Believed

Dino Lirios |

Jan 05, 2015 09:02 AM EST

If the rate of absorption were to slow down, the rate of global warming will then speed up in return.

Tropical Forests Absorb more Carbon Dioxide than Previously Thought

Marco Foronda |

Jan 04, 2015 09:09 AM EST

Forests absorb 30 percent of man-made carbon dioxide emissions.

Liquid Carbon Dioxide Oceans could have Existed on Venus

Marco Foronda |

Jan 01, 2015 06:03 AM EST

Venus is usually described as 'hellish' due to sulfuric acid but it's Earth's twin planet.

NASA Shows Worldwide CO2 Emissions in Breathtaking Simulation

Marco Foronda |

Nov 19, 2014 04:18 AM EST

We can see how CO2 circulates in the atmosphere with the help of a NASA computer model.

Mountain climbers on top of the Rhone glacier in the Swiss Alps

The Last Ice Age Ended Gradually and in 'Pulses'

Marc Maligalig |

Oct 30, 2014 06:02 AM EDT

The findings may prove useful as they illuminate mechanisms that plunge the world into and out of ice ages.

Amazon Rainforest is Absorbing Significantly Less Carbon Dioxide

Marc Maligalig |

Oct 29, 2014 11:56 PM EDT

The Amazon rainforest plays a crucial role in the carbon life cycle of the earth.

Use of Premium Gas Saves Money, Fuel

Marc Maligalig |

Oct 29, 2014 05:14 PM EDT

A team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has found that the automobile industry, as well as the whole world, would be able to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by 35 million tons annually, saving up to US$6 billion in fuel costs, just by gassing up light-duty vehicles with higher-octane gasoline.

Costa Rican suspension bridge going through a forest

Plants Reduce Carbon Dioxide Levels, Invalidating Predicted Levels

Marc Maligalig |

Oct 14, 2014 08:00 PM EDT

A team of Scientists in the United States claim that the climate models used to anticipate the increase of CO2 concentrations in the air are about 17 percent higher because of incorrectly approximating the amount of the greenhouse gas plants use for photosynthesis.

Special CO2 Adsorbing Plastic Fuels Clean Energy Drive

Marc Maligalig |

Aug 11, 2014 02:05 AM EDT

CO2 adsorbents are often used to extract greenhouse gases from smokestacks.

Obama's New Rules To Cut Coal Emission By 30%, Legislators Say They'll Fight It.

Lemuel Cacho |

Jun 03, 2014 05:39 PM EDT

U.S. President Barack Obama's administration unveiled the first environment rules that would cut carbon pollution by 30 percent, but coal-state legislators said they will rally against it.

Obama Lays Out New EPA Guidelines on Monday

Christl Leong |

Jun 01, 2014 10:38 AM EDT

President Barack Obama will announce his new program which intends to reduce carbon emissions from power plants on Monday. The new rule, outlined by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), is aimed at reducing carbon emissions through a shift from using coal to renewable energy and natural gas, USA Today reported.

1 2