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Turning carbon into opportunity

Human activities release more CO2 into the atmosphere than natural processes can remove, altering the composition of the atmosphere and driving global warming and climate change.

03 October 2024, 22:26 IST

Turning carbon into opportunity

Turning carbon into opportunity

Turning carbon into opportunity

03 October 2024, 22:26 IST

Researchers from Kerala varsity produce activated carbon from coconut husk for supercapacitors

This method involves deriving high-surface area activated carbon from coconut husk, which is a major agricultural residue in Kerala. As per the lead researcher, 'Activated carbon produced in this manner utilising microwave technology is relatively inexpensive and exhibits exceptional supercapacitor capability'.

01 July 2024, 10:44 IST

Researchers from Kerala varsity produce activated carbon from coconut husk for supercapacitors

Researchers from Kerala varsity produce activated carbon from coconut husk for supercapacitors

Researchers from Kerala varsity produce activated carbon from coconut husk for supercapacitors

01 July 2024, 10:44 IST

Floating robots reveal just how much airborne dust fertilises the Southern Ocean – a key climate ‘shock absorber’

Human-generated CO₂ mainly enters the ocean as it dissolves at the surface. However, biological processes that transfer vast quantities of CO₂ from the surface to the deep ocean play a critical role in the ocean’s natural carbon cycle.

16 May 2024, 10:58 IST

Floating robots reveal just how much airborne dust fertilises the Southern Ocean – a key climate ‘shock absorber’

Floating robots reveal just how much airborne dust fertilises the Southern Ocean – a key climate ‘shock absorber’

Floating robots reveal just how much airborne dust fertilises the Southern Ocean – a key climate ‘shock absorber’

16 May 2024, 10:58 IST

Indian space industry offers tremendous opportunity for private players: ISRO Chief S Somanath

Somanath was speaking after unveiling the carbon reduction initiative of SFO Technologies, the flagship company of the NeST Group, in a function here on Saturday, a company release said.

12 May 2024, 10:26 IST

Indian space industry offers tremendous opportunity for private players: ISRO Chief S Somanath

Indian space industry offers tremendous opportunity for private players: ISRO Chief S Somanath

Indian space industry offers tremendous opportunity for private players: ISRO Chief S Somanath

12 May 2024, 10:26 IST

Is bioenergy ever truly green? It depends on 5 key questions

Plans to revive an old coal-fired power station using bioenergy are being considered in the Hunter region of New South Wales. Similar plans for the station have previously not gone ahead.

02 May 2024, 10:07 IST

Is bioenergy ever truly green? It depends on 5 key questions

Is bioenergy ever truly green? It depends on 5 key questions

Is bioenergy ever truly green? It depends on 5 key questions

02 May 2024, 10:07 IST

Nagpur takes lead with India’s first city-specific Zero Carbon plan for buildings

The Plan includes a holistic roadmap covering public buildings, government-led affordable housing, commercial buildings as well as homes, and an implementation strategy to achieve net-zero buildings city-wide by 2050.

04 March 2024, 08:33 IST

Nagpur takes lead with India’s first city-specific Zero Carbon plan for buildings

Nagpur takes lead with India’s first city-specific Zero Carbon plan for buildings

Nagpur takes lead with India’s first city-specific Zero Carbon plan for buildings

04 March 2024, 08:33 IST

Indonesian presidential candidate Anies Baswedan plans renewables fund

If he wins the February 14 elections, Anies is said to levy a carbon tax on greenhouse gas emitted by polluting industries and place the revenue on what he will call the Resource Endowment Fund, said Wijayanto Samirin from Anies' team.

08 February 2024, 06:39 IST

Indonesian presidential candidate Anies Baswedan plans renewables fund

Indonesian presidential candidate Anies Baswedan plans renewables fund

Indonesian presidential candidate Anies Baswedan plans renewables fund

08 February 2024, 06:39 IST

Coal, hydropower energy transitions in India involve state-sanctioned violence, arrests: Study

While the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has declared that all coal production must be phased out by 2050 to avoid dangerous levels of global warming, India is in the midst of a fossil-fuelled transition toward increased coal production, the research from the University of California Irvine, US, found.

23 January 2024, 09:30 IST

Coal, hydropower energy transitions in India involve state-sanctioned violence, arrests: Study

Coal, hydropower energy transitions in India involve state-sanctioned violence, arrests: Study

Coal, hydropower energy transitions in India involve state-sanctioned violence, arrests: Study

23 January 2024, 09:30 IST

How much life has ever existed on Earth?

While it is difficult to pinpoint exactly when the first cells came to exist, geologists’ best estimates suggest at least as early as 3.8 billion years ago. But how much life has inhabited this planet since the first cell on Earth? And how much life will ever exist on Earth?

14 January 2024, 05:56 IST

How much life has ever existed on Earth?

How much life has ever existed on Earth?

How much life has ever existed on Earth?

14 January 2024, 05:56 IST

Explained | Japan's carbon pricing scheme at Tokyo Stock Exchange

As a first step, the TSE launched a new carbon credit market on October 11, 2023 to trade the existing carbon credits, known as J-Credits.

11 October 2023, 08:30 IST

Explained | Japan's carbon pricing scheme at Tokyo Stock Exchange

Explained | Japan's carbon pricing scheme at Tokyo Stock Exchange

Explained | Japan's carbon pricing scheme at Tokyo Stock Exchange

11 October 2023, 08:30 IST