Environmental stories tagged with: carbon sink
One-fifth of fossil-fuel emissions absorbed by threatened forests
Friday, 27th February 2009, 2:04 pm
An international team of scientists have discovered that rainforest trees are getting bigger. They are storing more carbon from the atmosphere in their trunks, which has significantly reduced the rate of climate change.
 Tapping into naturally rapid carbon sinksTuesday, 11th November 2008, 12:27 pm
Scientists say that a type of rock found at or near the surface in the Mideast nation of Oman and other areas around the world could be harnessed to soak up huge quantities of globe-warming carbon dioxide.
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 Royal Society launches climate geoengineering studyThursday, 30th October 2008, 1:15 pm
A major new study looking at whether planetary scale geo-engineering schemes could play a role in preventing the worst effects of climate change is being launched by the Royal Society the UK academy of science today.
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 Ponds Found to Take up Carbon Like World's OceansThursday, 8th May 2008, 12:07 pm
Research led by Iowa State University limnologist, or lake scientist, John Downing has found that ponds around the globe could absorb as much carbon as the world's oceans.
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New Research Discredits a $100 Billion Fix to Global WarmingFriday, 30th November 2007, 3:11 pm
Scientists have revealed an important discovery that raises doubts concerning the viability of plans to fertilize the ocean to solve global warming, a projected $100 billion venture.
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Fertilising the Ocean to Combat CO2
Monday, 8th October 2007, 1:23 pm
A controversial plan to fertilise the oceans to promote plankton growth was debated last week at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI).
New Membrane Catches CO2
Friday, 21st September 2007, 3:18 pm
Approximately one third of the total carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the world come from energy production. CO2 free gas-powered plants are based on carbon dioxide being removed from the waste gases and deposited in the ground.
Climate Change Affects Southern Ocean Carbon Sink
Friday, 18th May 2007, 11:48 am
The first evidence that recent climate change has weakened one of the Earths natural carbon sinks is published this week in the journal Science.
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