Tag: carbon dioxide
Europe’s largest carbon dioxide storage facility starts in Denmark | News in brief
When fully operational, the Greensand facility can store the emissions of 700,000 Danes. Denmark-based energy company Ineos is launching a facility for storing captured carbon dioxide, which is to become…
The amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere was a record high in 2023 | News in brief
The data can be found in the summary published by the World Meteorological Organization WMO. 11:33•Updated 11:48 Atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations measured in 2023 were higher than ever before in…
Transforming methane into biodiesel: promising research in Brazil
A team of researchers from the Federal University of São Carlos in Brazil is working on a process to convert methane into fuel “under mild conditions, while using less energy”.…
What are the consequences of global warming?
Experts predict that the ongoing climate change resulting from human activities will have some consequences that can be described as positive, such as the discovery of new energy resources or…
Scientists think we need to review the role of methane in global warming
When we talk about global warming, we immediately talk about carbon dioxide (CO2). And we sometimes forget rather quickly that there are other greenhouse gases. Methane (CH4) especially. Its ability…
Global warming: the underestimated role of methane?
When we talk about global warming, we immediately talk about carbon dioxide (CO2). And we sometimes forget rather quickly that there are other greenhouse gases. Methane (CH4) especially. Its ability…
A thousand and one facets of carbon
Carbon was discovered in prehistoric times and was produced by the incomplete combustion of organic matter producing charcoal. It is a chemical element of the family of crystallogens: amber, Indian…
CO2 sensor: what is it?
One CO sensor2 is useful for measuring the concentration of gas carbon dioxide (also called carbon dioxide or CO2) in L’air, it indicates when it is appropriate to ventilate a…
The Earth breathes differently between summer and winter
A new globe animation shows plants around the world absorbing and releasing carbon over the seasons, making the continents look like living lungs. You will also be interested [EN VIDÉO]…
Watch the Earth breathe through the seasons
A new globe animation shows plants around the world absorbing and releasing carbon over the seasons, making the continents look like living lungs. You will also be interested [EN VIDÉO]…