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Deadwood is life for others! A study by the Australian National University has found that the decaying of deadwood from forests could contribute up to 10 billion tons of CO2 emissions annually ( - ) That's a real lot of emissions, about 30% of total CO2 emissions, which is...

Syngas - chemical industry's Lego Many science and engineering professionals, even some from the chemical industry, may not have heard about syngas, but that may be just about to change. Because syngas is the building block using which a host of fuels and chemicals can be produced. It is perhaps...

 Power to X No, this has nothing to do with lottery. Or perhaps this could just be the lottery win many industries need right now in the context of decarbonization. Let me explain. Almost from nowhere, and in no time, the term Power to X seems to be everywhere within...

CO2 to proteins - animal foods, meat alternatives and nutrients from CO2 British companies such as Deep Branch ( ) convert CO2 to animal food. Now that might be a pretty good idea, and not just because it uses CO2 that would have been otherwise emitted without any valorization....

Ocean-based CO2 sequestration using algae Oceans cover about 70% earth. And they have been playing a critical role in almost every aspect of our planet's health - from temperature control to weather management and to yes, maintaining CO2 balance in the atmosphere. The oceans absorb 2-3 billion tons of CO2...

A pioneering NASA Mars contest to make sugar from CO2 While there are significant efforts for CO2 conversion to fuels and chemicals, of recent interest has been efforts for converting CO2 to sugar. It has even got NASA interested - so much that it recently held an exciting contest for...

Carbon footprint of synthetic fuels from CO2 There are many ongoing research efforts - in academia and in corporate - for green synthesis of fuels and chemicals from CO2. While these efforts are very likely to produce low carbon fuels (though perhaps not at low costs!), what will be of...

 Importance of catalysts for CO2 to value For those wondering what the CO2 conversion to all sorts of things craze is all about, I can tell you at least one thing all of them are most certainly about: Catalysts. Most pathways for conversion of CO2 to value depend on catalysts...

Using nature's methods to convert CO2 to value We have, right in front of us, something that converts CO2 to value everyday - plants and trees. What can we learn from the processes used by the biomass to create value from CO2? While we are all aware of photosynthesis using...

Capturing CO2 from wine and beer fermentation Our atmospheric air currently has a CO2 concentration of about 415 PPM (parts per million, by volume) - for those curious, you can see what it is today from here - When you realize that 1000 PPM would be 0.1% (1000/1000000), you...