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To clarify: The image at the top is largely correct.  As long as trees are alive, normally at least many decades, they absorb CO2 from the atmosphere and store it as hydrocarbons that, upon their death, are rereleased as they …

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To clarify: The image at the top is largely correct.  As long as trees are alive, normally at least many decades, they absorb CO2 from the atmosphere and store it as hydrocarbons that, upon their death, are rereleased as they …

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Climeworks builds facilities that remove CO2 from the atmosphere.  They claim that the one pictured here, called Mammoth, which resides in Hellisheiði, Iceland, will filter 36,000 tons of carbon dioxide out of the air per year. Questions: Where does the …

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At left: “The need to replace fossil fuels.” I’m sure I’ve mentioned that I’m trying to learn Spanish, an endeavor that has been much more difficult than I expected it to be, perhaps because I took it on fairly late …

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A Canadian research council has backed plans for a 50,000 liter algae-based biofuel plant in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with a C$5 million grant. The biofuel project aims to identify strains of algae that are already acclimatised to the local environment, …

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