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Emissions from Photovoltaic Life Cycles
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Original article citation: Environ. Sci. Technol. doi:10.1021/es071763q - Categories: Technology and Mitigation
- Recommended by the Editor: Anna Barnett on 02/22/2008 10:17AM GMT
Manufacturing the latest solar cells produces far less greenhouse gases and other pollutants than conventional fossil fuels, finds this life-cycle assessment by Fthenakis et al. This means that "at least 89% of air emissions associated with electricity generation could be prevented if electricity from photovoltaics displaces electricity from the grid," they say. - Comment on this subject: 0 comments made
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High-Throughput Synthesis of Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks and Application to CO2 Capture
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Original article citation: Science 319," 939 - 943, (2008). - Categories: Technology and Mitigation
- Recommended by the Editor: Anna Barnett on 02/18/2008 12:05PM GMT
Banerjee et al. have created metal-organic 'micro-sponges' that can soak up carbon dioxide and might be useful in carbon capture and storage. The sponges are crystalline materials in which organic molecules hold together a framework of metal atoms. Twenty-five types of crystals that work for soaking up carbon were discovered in a screen of thousands of combinatorial possibilities, in a process analogous to drug design. - Comment on this subject: 0 comments made
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Mechanical gas capture and release in a network solid via multiple single-crystalline transformations
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Original article citation: Nat Mater doi:10.1038/nmat2101 (2008) - Categories: Technology, Physics, and Mitigation
- Recommended by the Editor: Anna Barnett on 02/04/2008 05:36PM GMT
This proof-of-concept paper highlights a breakthrough in nanotechnology that could allow carbon dioxide emissions to be captured and sealed off by 'molecular nanovalves' - allowing high-density storage without the use of high-pressure tanks. - Comment on this subject: 0 comments made
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Combined climate and carbon-cycle effects of large-scale deforestation
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Original article citation: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104," (2007). - Categories: Biodiversity & Ecology and Mitigation
- Recommended by the Editor: Olive Heffernan on 06/06/2007 09:20PM GMT
This paper, from last month which we covered as a research highlight, has some interesting implications. Bala and colleagues modelled the temperature up to 2100 in a deforested world compared with a regular forested world. They found that removal of forests at high latitudes would actually temper global warming, as more sunlight would be reflected. The authors urge against chopping down trees to mitigate climate change, however, owing to their many other benefits! - Comment on this subject: 0 comments made
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