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Audi partnering with Climeworks on CO2 direct air capture and storage

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The Swiss company Climeworks is building the world’s largest direct air capture (DAC) and storage facility for converting atmospheric CO 2 to rock in Iceland. Climeworks’ new facility in Iceland transports the CO 2 filtered out of the air below the Earth’s surface, where natural processes then mineralize it.

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Geely invests in Carbon Recycling Intl.; vehicles fueled by methanol from CO2, water and renewable energy

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CRI, founded in 2006 in Reykjavik, Iceland, is developing technology to produce renewable methanol from clean energy and recycled CO 2 emissions. Earlier post.). Geely Auto was the first auto manufacturer in China to conduct research and development into methanol vehicle solutions in 2005, and has since acquired dozens of patents.

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Belching Volcano and Flowing Lava Dent Tourism in Icelandic Region

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The Blue Lagoon resort in the south of Iceland is a scenic network of steaming azure pools surrounded by dark rocks, where tourists dip in the geothermal water, have spa treatments and enjoy what the resort advertises as “a universe of radiant well-being.” A spouting volcano doesn’t sound very inviting,” he said.

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Aurora Tourism in Iceland: You Can Seek, but You May Not Find

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From the outside, it may seem like the northern lights dance across Iceland’s skies each night. The lights are even on some recycling bins in Reykjavík, the capital: “Keep Iceland Clean.” In the past decade or so, an aurora borealis industrial complex has boomed in Iceland. But the lights can be elusive.

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DOE Selects 19 Projects to Monitor and Evaluate Geologic CO2 Storage

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The systems will be tested in the laboratory and at the CarbFix sequestration project in Iceland, where CO 2 will be injected into a permeable basalt formation at 600 meters in depth. Such tagging will better quantify CO 2 monitoring and make it possible to accurately inventory geologically stored carbon.

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DOE Joint Genome Institute approves 41 projects for 2012 Community Sequencing Program; climate, environment and bioenergy feedstocks

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The development of these genetic resources will enable scientists to identify genes that contribute to a number of traits that are essential to develop efficient biomass production including increased stress tolerance, water and nitrogen use efficiency and biomass production. University of Iceland. Affiliation. Project Description.

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Studying Climate Change with an Ice Radar Drone

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These great masses store enough water to raise global sea level by 65 meters should they melt entirely. To what extent will liquid water reaching the bottom of a glacier lubricate its bed and cause the ice to slide faster into the ocean? And the presence of water can give indications about the temperature of the surrounding ice.