• April 18

  The most famous carbon dioxide absorber

  

  howequipmentworks.com

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  Unless you are an anaesthetist, you probably wouldn’t know what a carbon dioxide absorber is (red arrow below). However, for a brief period in the year 1970, carbon dioxide absorbers were what everyone was talking about. This is the story of Apollo 13 which blasted off in 1970 towards the Moon. However, things did n...

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• March 20

  Cement sand substitute made directly from seawater, electricity and CO2

  

  newatlas.com

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• January 23

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  phys.org

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  Rising carbon dioxide levels affect more than just the climate; they also affect the chemistry of the oceans. When saltwater absorbs carbon dioxide, it becomes acidic, which alters the aquatic animal ecosystem.

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• January 24

  Catastrophic tipping point in Greenland as blue lakes turn brown, belch out CO2

  

  livescience.com

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