carbon dioxide

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Evolution of the pink diffusive boundary layer formed by geochemical reactions

Geochemical reactions may decrease effectiveness of carbon storage schemes

05 Jan 2015

New research shows that the natural reactions taking place in some of the underground reservoirs used to store carbon dioxide may prevent carbon...

Initial ISI-MIP simulation showing the effects on vegetation productivity at the highest emissions scenario (reduction: red to yellow; increase: green to blue)

Modelling impacts of a warming world

03 Oct 2012

A community-driven modelling effort aims to quantify one of the gravest of global uncertainties: the impact of global warming on the world’s food...

Ice Age, interrupted

09 Jan 2012

Research shows that a new Ice Age could well have been upon us in the next millennium were it not for increases in CO2 due to humans, despite the...

CO2 fingers - Strong chemical reactions between dissolved carbon dioxide and porous rock (top) may stop CO2 fingers from spreading from the top throughout an aquifer’s depth, in contrast to systems with no reaction (bottom).

Chemistry curbs spreading of carbon dioxide

06 May 2011

̽��ֱ��presence of even a simple chemical reaction can delay or prevent the spreading of stored carbon dioxide in underground aquifers, new research...

Cambridge Ideas: This Icy World

30 Mar 2011

Cambridge ̽��ֱ�� glaciologist Professor Julian Dowdeswell has spent three years of his life in the polar regions. //-->

Bright future for British solar company

16 Sep 2010

Solar energy company to develop and manufacture high performance, lower cost plastic solar cells.

Bioenergy research blooms in Cambridge

01 Aug 2010

̽��ֱ��Bioenergy Initiative is bringing biology and engineering together to address the challenge of meeting our future energy needs.

Towards a smarter electricity future

01 Oct 2009

̽��ֱ��Electricity Policy Research Group – a programme that spans the Faculty of Economics and Judge Business School – is providing world-class analysis...