Improved carbon capture could cut emissions

Published in Horizon, 28 Oct 2013

Techniques are being devised to capture greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane from the burning or extracting of fossil fuels – before they cause damage to the atmosphere.

Carbon capture techniques have long been considered a good intermediate step in the fight against climate change, because they make existing power plants and heavy industries more environmentally friendly while research continues into renewable sources of energy. […]

The rest of this article is available here.