Are we alone? This question is nearly as old as humanity itself. Today, this question in astronomy focuses on finding life beyond our planet. Are we, as a species, and as a planet, alone? Or is there life somewhere else? Usually, the question inspires visions of weird, green versions of humans. However, life is more ...
Recently, water, CO2, and sunlight were successfully used to create carbon-neutral aviation fuel. While carbon dioxide (CO2) is usually synonymous with air pollution and is often shown in a negative light, new uses for CO2 are being discovered. The design and production of this new aviation fuel is a good example. The importance of aviation ...
Storm tracks — regions where storms travel from west to east across oceans and continents driven by the prevailing jet stream — determine weather and climate in middle-latitude places like Chicago and New York. This is directly impacted by climate change. “Changes in the position of storm tracks in response to anthropogenic climate change depend on how ...
We usually hear something like this from the elders in the family: “You know when we were young, fruits and vegetables were smaller and filled with so much nutrition, not like the ones in the supermarkets nowadays…” Is there truth to this? Is our food truly less nutritious? Let’s find out. There was a study ...
Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, most governments have advised their citizens to wear face masks when they go out. This is to ensure that the chances of having the CCP virus being inhaled by people are as low as possible so that the outbreak can eventually be contained. However, there have been some concerns ...
Current carbon cycle models may underestimate the amount of carbon dioxide released from the soil during rainy seasons in temperate forests like those found in the northeast United States, according to Penn State researchers. Tree roots and microbes use oxygen to convert organic carbon in the soil to carbon dioxide (CO2) for energy through a ...
Breathing Earth’s breathable atmosphere is the key to life, and a new study suggests that the first burst of oxygen was added by a spate of eruptions from volcanoes brought about by tectonics. The study by geoscientists at Rice University offers a new theory to help explain the appearance of significant concentrations of oxygen in ...
Dealing with carbon pollution in the atmosphere has been a difficult task due to how expensive it is. However, a method that involves converting carbon dioxide to electricity promises to solve the problem of cleaning the air. CO2 for electricity “The process would involve pumping airborne CO2 down into methane hydrates — large deposits of ...
We have seen increasing concern about global warming during the last decade. The possibility of worldwide disasters has led many scientists to search for ways to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. A team of scientists seems to have found an effective way to eliminate carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere — by using industrially ...
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