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- Robot probes the Red Sea’s carbon storage system Thu, 3 Dec 20, 1:00amWarming waters and oxygen depletion in the Red Sea could slow the flow of organic carbon from the surface into the deep ocean where it can be stored, out of reach of the atmosphere...
- Scientists discover enough new forests to cover 60% of Australia Mon, 15 May 17, 9:29pmA new survey of the world's dryland habitats has found a massive amount of previously unreported forests -- 467 million hectares (over 1.1 billion acres), which is 45 percent more forest than found in past surveys. The newly...
- California street trees are worth $1 billion, says USFS and UC Davis Sat, 18 Jun 16, 12:51amScientists from the USDA Forest Service and the University of California, Davis decided to put a price tag on the trees lining California's streets. Considering that trees combat climate change by taking in air pollutants...
- Icelandic power plant transforms carbon emissions into stone Fri, 10 Jun 16, 11:26pmIn a world first, a team of engineers and scientists at Iceland's Hellisheidi power plant have been able to capture carbon emissions and turn them into stone for storage...
- Colorado State Study Shows Beavers Build Natural Carbon Storage Shelters Wed, 31 Jul 13, 5:30amBeaver photo from Shutterstock A team of researchers from Colorado State University has discovered that when it comes to carbon capture and storage, we can learn a lot from nature's best architect - the beaver...
- Europe’s New Biomass Satellite Will Map Earth’s Forests And Calculate Carbon Stores Fri, 10 May 13, 1:45amPhoto via Shutterstock Though they cover 30 percent of Earth's total land area, we know remarkably little about how much biomass and carbon are contained in the planet's forests...
- Crystal Compounds Used as Super-Efficient Carbon Storage Sponges Tue, 6 Jul 10, 2:45amCarbon capture stands to reduce the impacts of climate change caused by industrial pollution — but the methods currently available for capturing carbon are expensive, complicated and too burdensome to be widely implemented...
- Finland’s Luukku House Wins Architecture Prize at Solar Decathlon! Fri, 25 Jun 10, 3:15amThe first place winner of the architecture portion of the European Solar Decathlon has just been announced, and the prize goes to… Team Finland’s beautiful wood-clad Luukku House! The Luukku House (the term refers...