Hacker News with Generative AI: Carbon Capture

Carbon dioxide capture from open air using covalent organic frameworks (nature.com)
Capture of CO2 from the air offers a promising approach to addressing climate change and achieving carbon neutrality goals1,2.

Climate Change, Environmental Science, Carbon Capture, Chemistry

14 points by the-chitmonger 47 days ago | 60 comments

New powder that captures carbon could be 'quantum leap' for industry (theguardian.com)
An innocuous yellow powder, created in a lab, could be a new way to combat the climate crisis by absorbing carbon from the air.

Climate Change, Carbon Capture, Technology, Sustainability

9 points by FabioBertone 49 days ago | 2 comments

Half a pound of this powder can remove as much CO2 from the air as a tree (latimes.com)
A typical large tree can suck as much as 40 kilograms of carbon dioxide out of the air over the course of a year. Now scientists at UC Berkeley say they can do the same job with less than half a pound of a fluffy yellow powder.

Climate Change, Science, Environment, Carbon Capture

21 points by lux 87 days ago | 45 comments

Giant Wyoming Carbon Capture Project Pulls Plug for Lack of Clean Power (cowboystatedaily.com)

Energy, Climate Change, Carbon Capture, Wyoming

5 points by LinuxBender 136 days ago | 0 comments

Carbon removal plant absorbs CO2 at 99,000 times the rate of all Earth's oceans (thebrighterside.news)

Climate Change, Technology, Environmental Science, Carbon Capture

21 points by udfalkso 140 days ago | 23 comments

Converting captured carbon to fuel: Study assesses what's practical (techxplore.com)

Climate Change, Carbon Capture, Sustainability, Energy

4 points by PaulHoule 157 days ago | 1 comments

Contaminant-tolerant catalyst could capture carbon directly from smokestacks (techxplore.com)

Carbon Capture, Environmental Technology, Chemistry, Climate Change

6 points by PaulHoule 175 days ago | 0 comments

Simple process stores carbon dioxide in concrete without compromising strength (phys.org)

Carbon Capture, Construction, Materials Science, Environmental Technology

6 points by PaulHoule 192 days ago | 0 comments

Passive direct air capture using calcium oxide powder (sciencedirect.com)

Climate Change, Carbon Capture, Environmental Science

3 points by blacksqr 197 days ago | 0 comments

Carbon Capture Technology Called a 'Boondoggle' for Oil Industry (oilprice.com)

Carbon Capture, Oil Industry, Climate Change, Energy

5 points by PaulHoule 200 days ago | 0 comments

The state of carbon dioxide removal (stateofcdr.org)

Climate Change, Environmental Science, Technology, Carbon Capture

87 points by PaulHoule 216 days ago | 143 comments

Simple equation predicts the shapes of carbon-capturing wetlands (quantamagazine.org)

Climate Change, Environmental Science, Carbon Capture, Wetlands, Mathematical Modeling

56 points by mgl 230 days ago | 14 comments

Shell sold carbon credits for carbon that was never captured (cbc.ca)

Shell, Carbon Capture, Environment, Climate Change

109 points by nithinj 254 days ago | 30 comments

Georgia Tech, Meta create open dataset to advance solutions for carbon capture (news.gatech.edu)

Carbon Capture, Artificial Intelligence, Climate Change, Research, Open Source

170 points by ohjeez 260 days ago | 174 comments

General Galactic emerges from stealth to make methane from carbon dioxide (techcrunch.com)

Climate Change, Green Technology, Startups, Carbon Capture

14 points by PaulHoule 263 days ago | 11 comments

Taking CO2 out of the air would be an expensive way to fight climate change (theverge.com)

Climate Change, Carbon Capture, Environmental Science

42 points by Brajeshwar 279 days ago | 99 comments