All Earth articles – Page 8
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Research
Switching protocol doubles carbon capture capacity of supercapacitors
Approach shows promise as way to capture CO2 in a more energy efficient manner
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Opinion
Energy is the Achilles’ heel of carbon capture technologies
Efforts to trap carbon dioxide could consume a huge amount of forecast renewable energy growth
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News
Can negative emissions technology clear the air without costing the Earth?
Counting the energy cost of capturing carbon dioxide
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News
US environment agency announces new safety limits for fluorinated chemicals
Regulator lowers advisory drinking water levels for two best known PFAS by five orders of magnitude
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Research
Spider webs record severity of microplastic pollution in cities
Plastic content found to make up as much as a tenth of a web’s total weight
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Business
Deadly fire and explosions at container depot in Bangladesh
48 dead and hundreds injured as hydrogen peroxide containers exploded
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Feature
Is synthetic petroleum the missing link in the route to net zero?
Weaning our economy off liquid fuels could be impossible, so can we make them without the carbon emissions? Rachel Brazil surveys the scene
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Research
Hydrotrioxides are in the air
10 million tonnes of the highly reactive three-oxygen compounds could form in Earth’s atmosphere every year
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Research
Teflon-inspired nanochannels outperform biological water transporters
Extreme water repellence of fluorinated surfaces leads to unprecedented permeation rates
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Research
Atmospheric helium increasing at a measurable rate
Air samples revealed a rate of increase beyond expected natural variations
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Research
Lunar soil shows promise as a catalyst for extraterrestrial photosynthesis
Moon rock could one day be used to accelerate water splitting and carbon dioxide conversion in space to support crewed missions
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Feature
The human health observatory in our sewers
From tracking disease outbreaks to monitoring drug use, there’s a lot to be learned from the things we flush down the toilet, Katrina Krämer finds
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Research
Sunscreen’s coral-killing mechanism uncovered
Sea anemones and corals convert oxybenzone into phototoxic compounds
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Research
Wastewater from battery recycling plants mined for water-splitting catalysts
Electrocatalysts derived from metal pollutants used to generate hydrogen
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News
Scientists call for global cap on plastic production
The upcoming UN treaty to end plastic pollution will require capping and then phasing out virgin plastic production by 2040, researchers argue
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Research
All of life’s nucleic acids could have extraterrestrial origins
All five nucleobases of RNA and DNA found in three meteorites
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Business
Breaking efficiency records with tandem solar cells
Oxford PV layers perovskite over silicon to capture a wider wavelength range
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Research
High school students design a bottle that turns seawater into drinking water
Mangrove trees inspire thermal and membrane-based desalination system
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Feature
Not just batteries: The chemistry of electric cars
The materials required in battery-powered cars are providing new challenges to chemists and the chemical industry. Clare Sansom reports
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Research
Spotlight shone on sped up photochemical reactions in droplets
Light can produce ‘hot spots’ in aerosols that supercharge reaction rates