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What are alveoli?

Alveoli are tiny, balloon-shaped air sacs located at the end of the bronchioles, the branch-like tubes in the lungs. The alveoli move oxygen and carbon dioxide (CO 2) molecules into and out of your ...
Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) and carbon capture and storage (CCS) are two distinct options to help achieve climate goals by reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations. Carbon Dioxide Removal ...
The research makes it clear that ensuring the sustained well-being of our planet requires a more serious commitment toward new carbon dioxide removal technologies, and a faster scale-up of their ...
Methods to enhance the ocean's uptake of carbon dioxide (CO₂) are being explored to help tackle the climate crisis. However, some of these approaches could significantly exacerbate ocean deoxygenation ...
As the daughter of firefighters in Southern California, Gabby Kitch grew up with a strong sense of how public service can help preserve and protect the world — with water. In her career she just opted ...
Companies have still drawn down only enough CO2 to cancel out a few hours of US emissions. Here’s what it will take to really scale up the sector. MIT Technology Review’s What’s Next series looks ...
Dr Nils Thonemann and Mona Delval consider the scientific and technical requirements for effective evaluation of emerging marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) approaches ...