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Researchers make Synthetic Starch out of Carbon Dioxide
Rice, potatoes, maize, corn. All seem relatively innocuous foods that we often need not think about twice. Yet they all make a foundational carbohydrate that not only forms a crucial part of the human diet, but is also a primary…
Storing CO₂ In Rocks, the Icelandic Way
Carbfix, a company based in Iceland, came up with an innovative solution in the early 2000’s to capture and store CO₂ with an extraordinary technology. After years of research and development, Carbfix came through. Since 2016 they’ve been capturing these…
Toilet Trained Cows – an Unexpected Solution to Agriculture’s High Emissions?
Can you toilet train a cow? It’s a question most of us probably have never thought of, and the more pertinent question may seem to be why would we want to? But a new study from University of Auckland researchers…
Australia’s nuclear question
Earlier this month Australia signed a defence pact alongside the US and UK to deploy nuclear-powered submarines in its fleets, an announcement that has quickly stirred up the muddy waters of debate. Not only did Australia’s change of allegiance from…
The Case for Geoengineering
Though anthropogenic climate change has been widely recognized since the 1970s, geoengineering is a much more recent phenomenon. Considered to be entirely impractical by the scientific establishment, geoengineering was nothing more than a pipe dream for scientists of the 20th…
The race for lithium – a new method makes water-derived lithium possible
Lithium is the mineral on everyone’s mind. Also termed as the ‘white oil’ of the renewable revolution, the material is a central component of batteries for electric vehicles (EV’s) and energy storage solutions and economies across the globe are vying…