Recently it is jointly declared by U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping that two countries had set the remarkable goals in carbon reduction. Such decision would possibly a focus at the United Nations Climate Conference to be held in Paris next winter. In addition, the climate change has become […]

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is generally known as a gas, however, when it goes to temperature below −78.5 °C (−109.3 °F), it exists as a solid. This process is called deposition, and goes from gas to solid directly. When temperature increases, the dry ice will sublime and goes back to gas […]

Not your typical product from an electronics firm. Workers inspect the lettuce in the Fukushima Prefecture facility. Fujitsu, the giant electronics manufacturer, is now engaged in developing lettuce, a product different from its usual catlogue, at the former factory in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. The lettuce, growing in a clean room, is engineered […]

As carbon dioxide is generally regarded as the main cause of greenhouse gases, you may not know that methane could be nearly 30 times more powerful as a heat-trapping gas. The latest research result released by the journal Nature shows that with the rising temperature of Earth by each degree, the amount […]

A new greenhouse gas that is 7,100 times powerful than carbon dioxide (CO2) at global warming has been discovered by researchers in Toronto. The newly discovered gas, perfluorotributylamine (PFTBA), has been used in electrical industry since the mid-20th century. This study has been published on Geophysical Research Letters. This chemical […]

An image of attendees at the World Economic Forum. They might think a little more slowly thanks to all the carbon dioxide in the crowded room. Image via Wikimedia Commons/Gardiner Pearson When you feel sleepy in a crowded room, you might think that is because the presenter talks boring stuffs, while […]