Turning ‘greenhouse gas’ into gasoline

Written by David L. Chandler

A new catalyst material developed by chemists at MIT provides key insight into the design requirements for producing liquid fuels from carbon dioxide, the leading component of greenhouse gas emissions. The findings suggest a route toward using the world’s existing infrastructure for fuel storage and distribution, without adding net greenhouse emissions to the atmosphere.

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2017 Hurricane Season: ‘Around Average’

Written by www.c3headlines.com

2017 saw the first major hurricanes strike the continental U.S in Texas and Florida in almost 12 years, with multiple Caribbean islands, including Puerto Rico, suffering major hurricane damage. Certainly hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria will be long remembered by residents of the respective devastated areas.

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Study: Brain function does not die immediately after heart stops

Written by Dr Ananya Mandal, MD

According to new research, people can be aware that they are dead after their heart has stopped beating. This suggests that the brain and consciousness seems to work even after the body has stopped working. Dr Sam Parnia, director of critical care and resuscitation research at NYU Langone School of Medicine in New York City, and his team looked at people who had cardiac arrest and then were successfully resuscitated back to life.

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Study: Sea Life Benefits from Climate Change

Written by PSI staff

New study titled ‘The Interactive Effects of Elevated CO2 and Solar Radiation Intensity on Two Coccolithophore Strains’ demonstrates that more carbon dioxide can be shown to increase growth of various forms of phytoplankton.

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Summary of “The Origin of Rocks and Mineral Deposits – Using Current Physical Chemistry of Small Particle Systems”

Written by John Elliston

This important book is a comprehensive interdisciplinary scientific treatise that introduces revolutionary new knowledge achieved by competent use of the scientific method. The research on which it is based has been more thoroughly and critically reviewed than is usual for scientific works and the international edition has recently been published.

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Arctic Sea Ice Surges Back During First Half of October

Written by Ron Clutz

Consider the refreezing during the first half of October through yesterday, adding an average of 96k km2 per day. On the left side, the Laptev Sea has filled in, and just below it, the East Siberian Sea is also growing fast ice from the shore to meet refreezing drift ice.

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October 1871 – Worst Fires In US History

Written by Tony Heller

Most people have heard of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, but there were much worse fires burning at that time. Thousands of people were killed by massive fires in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Ontario. There were also huge fires burning in the Rocky Mountains.

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Global Warming Scientists are Carbon Footprint Hypocrites

Written by Kerry Jackson

Scientists, identified as “conservation scientists” who presumably oppose human greenhouse gas emissions, have looked into their own lifestyles, as well as the lifestyles of other “conservation scientists,” and found that they are preaching one thing while practicing another.

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