Turning Carbon Dioxide Gas into Rock
An MIT/WHOI student examines a fascinating natural process in Oman. Certain minerals readily react with carbon dioxide, effectively taking it out of the air and converting it into solid rock. Could this process be speeded up to help offset the buildup of the greenhouse gas in our atmosphere?
NASA Rocket Failed Launch
lost. The satellite was designed to map the global distribution of carbon dioxide emissions and how that distribution changes over time. Minutes after lift-off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the payload—the part carrying the satellite—failed to separate. The weight of the rocket and satellite was too great to reach orbit and the whole craft fell back to Earth, landing in the ocean off Antarctica. Carbon dioxide is considered the leading greenhouse gas driving climate change. …
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