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Geotimes December 2004 Jay Chapman	Carbon Dioxide Alchemy Some scientists are experimenting with a new form of alchemy, not looking to create a substance, but rather remove one: carbon dioxide. If their process works, it could reduce the effects of the greenhouse gas in the atmosphere.
Geotimes December 2004 Sara Pratt	Acidic Waters Threaten Sea Life High acidity in the world's oceans may be threatening coral populations, such as those in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
Chemistry World July 11, 2013 Andria Nicodemou	Turning carbon dioxide into something useful New research shows that a water-soluble catalyst developed by scientists in the US can electrocatalytically transform carbon dioxide into a useful chemical feedstock.
Chemistry World January 15, 2010 Kate McAlpine	Capturing carbon with copper A team of researchers in the Netherlands have devised a trap that can pull carbon dioxide out of the air.
Popular Mechanics July 2008 Jon Luoma	Greenhouse Graveyard: New Progress for Big Global Warming Fix Scientists admit it will be tough to capture a key greenhouse gas and bury carbon dioxide in the ground, in rock or underwater. What's even tougher for carbon sequestration: figuring out where to store it.
Chemistry World October 17, 2012 Andrew Turley	Carbon dioxide to chemical partnership State-owned Malaysian oil company Petronas will partner will New Zealand firm LanzaTech, which specializes in making fuels and chemicals from industrial waste gases, such as carbon monoxide, by fermentation.
Chemistry World April 7, 2014 Simon Hadlington	Isolation of cyanoformate suggests new carbon capture approaches The formation of the cyanoformate ion helps to explain why plants' ethylene producing enzymes aren't poisoned by cyanide
Chemistry World August 11, 2014 Emma Stoye	Swellable polymer sponges up CO 2 A porous polymer 'sponge' that absorbs carbon dioxide by swelling up has been developed by scientists in the UK.
Geotimes November 2007 Carolyn Gramling	Acid Rain Alters Coastal Waters Excess carbon dioxide, sulfur and nitrogen from fossil fuel burning, agricultural runoff and other human sources are changing ocean chemistry -- and that impact is especially pronounced along the coasts, new research suggests.
Chemistry World January 19, 2011 Yuandi Li	Carbon dioxide clusters cracked by IR Canadian scientists have, for the first time, been able to identify spectroscopically carbon dioxide clusters that could provide valuable information on intermolecular interactions.
Chemistry World June 23, 2010 Simon Hadlington	New catalyst for hydrogen from formic acid Chemists in Germany have taken a leaf out of nature's book to develop a new, low-cost, iron-based catalyst powered by light that can extract hydrogen from formic acid.
Chemistry World July 25, 2014 Polly Wilson	Uranium complexes unlock feedstock potential of carbon dioxide European scientists have synthesized uranium complexes that take them a step closer to producing commodity chemicals from carbon dioxide.
Chemistry World June 7, 2011 Fiona McKenzie	Probing cells' power generators UK scientists have developed a probe to monitor bicarbonate concentrations in mitochondria - components in living cells that generate chemical energy.
Chemistry World January 22, 2015 Katie Lian Hui Lim	Switching desalination plants from carbon dioxide source to sink A new process has been proposed to decompose waste desalination brine using solar energy that could allow desalination plants to act as a sink rather than a source of atmospheric carbon dioxide, and help to neutralize ocean acidity.
Chemistry World December 6, 2011 Jon Cartwright	Atmospheric carbon capture costs underestimated Capturing carbon dioxide from the air to mitigate climate change is likely to be too expensive to be practical, a new study suggests.
Geotimes October 2005 Megan Sever	Carbon's Complicated River Ride Researchers recently found that carbon moves from the atmosphere, through trees, soil and water, and back into the atmosphere in fewer than five years, indicating that the landscape is not providing as much long-term storage of carbon dioxide as hoped.
Chemistry World October 5, 2011 Simon Hadlington	Turning Carbon Dioxide Into Chemicals with an Amine Chemists in France have devised a new way to turn carbon dioxide into a useful chemical building block.
Chemistry World November 27, 2011 James Mitchell Crow	Artificial enzymes close in on nature A synthetic metalloprotein that approaches the catalytic performance of a natural enzyme, despite its stripped-down structure, has been developed by a team of chemists in the US.
Geotimes April 2007 Carolyn Gramling	Wallace Broecker: Changes in the Atmosphere An interview with an expert on issues of climate change about his experiences advising politicians about the consequences of climate change and his hopes for new technologies of carbon sequestration.
Geotimes March 2003	Demonstrating Carbon Sequestration Estimates are that human activity emits 7 billion tons of carbon dioxide a year. One proposed method for reducing how much of the greenhouse gas ends up in the atmosphere is to store the carbon dioxide underground. Natural reservoirs of the gas exist, suggesting that it is feasible.
Chemistry World January 31, 2010 Simon Hadlington	Ketene comes in from the cold The ketene group, -C=C=O, is capable of rich and diverse chemistry, says Craig Hawker of the University of California, Santa Barbara
Science News May 9, 2009	Science Past From The Issue Of May 9, 1959 Scientists predict 25% increase in carbon dioxide by the year 2000.
Reactive Reports Issue 63 David Bradley	Natural Copy Cat While plants convert carbon dioxide into sugar and oxygen, chemists are having a more difficult time finding an efficient method for converting carbon dioxide into useful fuels.
Chemistry World October 31, 2014 Andy Extance	Acid choice flips enantioselectivity Organic chemists in Ireland have developed a pair of reactions they think are unique in producing predominantly one of two mirror-image products without a change of catalyst.
Geotimes March 2003 S. Julio Friedmann	Storing Carbon in Earth Carbon sequestration is capturing carbon dioxide, either from the atmosphere or emission streams, and storing it in reservoirs, such as plants or soils. Carbon dioxide could be converted to solid chemicals or injected into the deep ocean. Though there are risks, the potential pay-off is enormous.
Chemistry World March 4, 2010 Hayley Birch	Accumulation of acid in atmosphere explained The research could also have implications for global climate modelling, enabling scientists to reduce uncertainties related to the effects of aerosols in their predictions.
Chemistry World March 7, 2014 Elinor Richards	Shortcut to carbon dioxide plastics holds sequestration promise Japanese scientists have cleared a significant hurdle in using carbon dioxide as a chemical feedstock and made a polymer that contains almost a third of the gas by weight.
Chemistry World October 5, 2007 Richard Van Noorden	Air, Can we Have Our Carbon Back? Sucking carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is outlandishly expensive. But a US scientist who has just worked out how to improve its efficiency predicts it will be necessary before the end of the century.
Chemistry World August 7, 2006 Ned Stafford	Sea Sediment Storage Proposed for Carbon Dioxide It may be possible to fight global warming by burying carbon dioxide in reservoirs hundreds of meters below the ocean floor.
Chemistry World December 3, 2010 Elinor Richards	Graphene catalyst comes out on top Sulfonated graphene solid acid catalysts could be cheap, environmentally friendly alternatives to concentrated sulfuric acid for use in industry because they can be recycled, say scientists from China.
Chemistry World December 20, 2007 Richard Van Noorden	Off-the-Peg Organic Synthesis Goes Commercial Chemists have created an efficient way to make small molecules by repeatedly using just one coupling reaction to clip together pre-prepared chemical fragments is going commercial.
Popular Mechanics March 28, 2008 Joanna Borns	Spongelike Air-Capture Gadget Scrubs Away Carbon Emissions Researchers have invented a phone-booth-size device that can take back the carbon dioxide emissions that have already reached the atmosphere.
Chemistry World February 2011	Rehabilitating captured CO2 Rather than burying it underground, companies are developing processes that use carbon dioxide emissions as chemical starting materials. Andy Extance investigates
Geotimes September 2003 Greg Peterson	Weathering climate change Policy-makers looking to curb future increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide, could turn to a simple plan: Plant trees.
Chemistry World April 11, 2011 Laura Howes	Pocket sized fuel cell, a step closer A new catalyst for hydrogen evolution could see you carry around a fuel cell in your pocket to power electronic devices.
Chemistry World May 20, 2015 Andy Extance	Malaria drug could cash in on green chemistry Green chemistry principles could make synthesizing the frontline antimalarial drug artemisinin both cleaner and cheaper, an industry -- academia collaboration suggests.
Chemistry World March 11, 2014 Tim Wogan	Dinosaur mass extinction may have been triggered by acid rain Most scientists accept the principal cause of the Cretaceous -- Tertiary mass extinction was a 10km asteroid hitting the Yucatan peninsula, but the precise mechanism by which this caused the extinction remains controversial.
IEEE Spectrum June 2010 Samuel K. Moore	The Water Cost of Carbon Capture Coal power's carbon savior could double its water woes
Chemistry World January 3, 2008 Richard Van Noorden	Recycling Carbon Dioxide Into Petrol A new reactor could make chemically recycling carbon dioxide back into petrol a worthwhile endeavour.
Chemistry World December 24, 2013 Patrick Walter	Kemira now water-based after formic acid sale Finnish chemical company Kemira has sold its formic acid business to US agrichemical concern Taminco for euro 140 million ( 117 million pounds)
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Chemistry World February 26, 2013 Holly Sheahan	Capturing the potential of carbon dioxide A team of researchers from the University of Bath have opened up the idea of using carbon dioxide as a useful potential feedstock; a useful chemical resource rather than a troublesome waste product.
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Geotimes December 2006 Fred Schwab	Why Fester? Let's Sequester! Instead of looking toward another fossil fuel-based energy choice, scientists need to examine carbon dioxide sequestering, the capture and storage technology that removes anthropogenic carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
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Chemistry World October 9, 2014 Rebecca Trager	World's first carbon capture coal plant opens The world's first first large-scale power station equipped with carbon capture and storage technology officially opened in Canada and it's expected to trap around 1 million tons of carbon dioxide every year.
BusinessWeek July 12, 2004 Kathleen Kerwin	CO2: The Debate Heats Up Is carbon dioxide an air pollutant? That will be the key issue in any legal challenge by auto makers to California's proposed rules to reduce carbon dioxide in auto exhaust.
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