Carbon dioxide

Civil engineers find savings where the rubber meets the roadStudy shows that pavement deflection under vehicle tires makes for a continuous uphill drive that increases fuel consumption.

Oxygen-separation membranes could aid in CO2 reductionCeramic membranes may reduce carbon dioxide emissions from gas and coal-fired powerplants.

Hybrid copper-gold nanoparticles convert CO2May reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Powering the Chinese dragonChina Light and Power’s Peter Littlewood talks with MIT researchers and students about the country’s strengths and the United States’s opportunity to embrace them.

Greenhouse gas can find a home undergroundNew MIT analysis shows there’s enough room to safely store at least a century’s worth of U.S. fossil fuel emissions.

Growing population will increase global climate challengesMIT report shows China and developing nations will come to dominate emissions that promote climate change

Carbon capture? Go for the sourceNew analysis shows pulling CO₂ from the air would not be cost-effective in the foreseeable future.

Timeline of a mass extinctionNew evidence points to rapid collapse of Earth’s species 252 million years ago.

Blooming ocean frontsStudy finds fronts are hot spots for phytoplankton blooms.