A team of researchers led by Meenesh Singh at University of Illinois Chicago has discovered a way to convert 100% of carbon dioxide captured from industrial exhaust into ethylene, a key building block for plastic products.
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Slowing of Continental Plate Movement Controlled Timing of Earth’s Largest Volcanic Events
Scientists have shed new light on the timing and likely cause of major volcanic events that occurred millions of years ago and caused such climatic and biological upheaval that they drove some of the most devastating extinction events in Earth’s history.
U.S. Sweltered Through Third-Hottest Summer on Record
A top-10 warm August capped off a distinctly hot summer, as the U.S. saw its third-hottest meteorological summer on record.
7 Takeaways About Flooding, Infrastructure and Climate Change
Extreme storms and intense floods have disrupted communities across the country this summer.
Planting Trees Not Always an Effective Way of Binding Carbon Dioxide
The capacity of plants to bind carbon is a key factor in calculating the effects of climate change as carbon dioxide levels rise in the atmosphere.
Lancaster Expert Helping to Solve the Energy Crisis
Lancaster University Professor Roger Kemp is part of a team evaluating policy options for incorporating hydrogen into the UK’s energy systems.