Oregon State University scientists discover metal capable of removing carbon dioxide from air
By Curt_Anderson March 26, 2024 3:59 pm Category: Science & Nature (0.0 from 0 votes)
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Vanadium and peroxide could be used in filters behind industrial fans to trap carbon dioxide
By Alex Baumhardt, Oregon Capital Chronicle
A metal found in the Earth’s crust could be used to attract and remove climate-warming carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Oregon State University scientists studying ways to filter greenhouse gases from the air recently discovered that when molecules of the metal vanadium are bound with oxygen molecules as peroxide, they can pull carbon dioxide from the air. The carbon molecules can be siphoned off using a small amount of energy that’s then funneled into other uses, like making limestone for buildings or enhancing the atmospheric carbon in greenhouses, accelerating plant growth.
The process could help improve nascent technologies in capturing carbon dioxide from the air to slow the impacts of global climate change. The discovery was published in the journal of the Royal Society of Chemistry in December.
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Longtime SelectSmart.com habitués know that I have expressed skepticism about Global Warming predictions. I am a skeptic largely because I doubt that people can predict what will happen many decades into the future. Predictions are based on past performances and circumstances, but things change. Predictions don't allow for technological advances and human ingenuity. This report sounds hopeful. It probably won't be the entire solution to Climate Change, but it might be one of many that we cannot imagine, much less foresee. Conversely, we might just blow the world up so it will all be a moot point.