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- Computer model pinpoints prime materials for efficient carbon capture
- It took Earth ten million years to recover from greatest mass extinction
- More summer heatwaves likely in Europe: Predictability of European summer heat from spring and winter rainfall
| Computer model pinpoints prime materials for efficient carbon capture Posted: 27 May 2012 12:38 PM PDT The electric power industry expects eventually to implement carbon capture of emissions in order to reduce greenhouse gases, yet today's best technology eats up 30 percent of a plant's power. Scientists have now created a computer model that analyzes the millions of possible porous capture structures, from zeolites to MOFs, to pinpoint ones that can improve energy efficiency, so that chemists can synthesize and test them for future use.  |
| It took Earth ten million years to recover from greatest mass extinction Posted: 27 May 2012 12:38 PM PDT It took some 10 million years for Earth to recover from the greatest mass extinction of all time, latest research has revealed.  |
| Posted: 27 May 2012 12:37 PM PDT The prediction, one season ahead, of summer heat waves in Europe remains a challenge. A new study shows that summer heat in Europe rarely develops after rainy winter and spring seasons over Southern Europe. Conversely dry seasons are either followed by hot or cold summers. The predictability of summer heat is therefore asymmetric. Climate projections indicate a drying of Southern Europe. The study suggests that this asymmetry should create a favorable situation for the development of more summer heat waves with however a modified seasonal predictability from winter and spring rainfall.  |
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