Carbon dioxide (CO2) efflux from the soil surface, which is a major source of CO2 from terrestrial ecosystems, represents the total CO2 production at all soil depths. Although many studies have estimated the vertical profile of the CO2 production rate, one of the difficulties in estimating the vertical profile is measuring diffusion coefficients of CO2 at all soil depths in a nondestructive man...

Reducing the CO2 levels in the atmosphere is one of the emerging challenges for human society. It is commonly accepted that CO2, as a greenhouse gas, is partly responsible for climate changes. It is thus important to reduce those CO2 levels in every possible way. This can be achieved in different manners, for example by decreasing CO2 emission by developing energy efficient processes with a red...

The authors investigate the influence of El Niño on midtropospheric CO2 from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) and the Model for Ozone and Related Chemical Tracers, version 2 (MOZART-2). AIRS midtropospheric CO2 data are used to study the temporal and spatial variability of CO2 in response to El Niño. CO2 differences between the central and western Pacific Ocean correlate well with the So...

This paper is the first of a series that attempts to assess the possible health and safety risks associated with large scale CO2 sequestration in deep brine reservoirs. The approach is based on analysis of available data on the operational track record from CO2 transportation and injection associated with enhanced oil recovery (CO2-EOR) in the US. This paper is particularly concerned with ident...

[1] Using in situ measurements, we find a semiannual oscillation (SAO) in the midtropospheric and surface CO2. Chemistry transport models (2-D Caltech/JPL model, 3-D GEOS-Chem, and 3-D MOZART-2) are used to investigate possible sources for the SAO signal in the midtropospheric and surface CO2. From model sensitivity studies, it is revealed that the SAO signal in the midtropospheric CO2 originat...

This paper describes a new method to monitor continuously soil CO2 profiles using small solid-state CO2 sensors buried at different depths of the soil. Based on the measurement of soil CO2 profile and a gaseous diffusivity model, we estimated soil CO2 efflux, which was mainly from heterotrophic respiration, and its temporal variation in a dry season in a Mediterranean savanna ecosystem in Calif...

Different alkylamine molecules were post-synthetically tethered to the unsaturated Cr(III) centers in the metal-organic framework MIL-101. The resultant metal-organic frameworks show almost no N2 adsorption with significantly enhanced CO2 capture under ambient conditions as a result of the interaction between amine groups and CO2 molecules. Given the extraordinary stability, high CO2 uptake, ul...

McGovern, R.H., Feddes, J.J.R., Zuidhof, M.J., Hanson, J.A. and Robinson, F.E.. 2001. Growth performance, heart characteristics and the incidence of ascites in broilers in response to carbon dioxide and oxygen concentrations. Canadian Biosystems Engineering/Le génie des biosystèmes au Canada 43:4.1-4.6. The effects of carbon dioxide (CO2) and oxygen (O2) concentrations on growth performance, he...

The degree of CO2 activation can be tuned by incorporating a distinct electronic coordination environment at the nickel center. A mononuclear nickel carboxylate species (Ni-CO2, 3) and a dinuclear nickel-iron carboxylate species (Ni-CO2-Fe, 5) were prepared. The structure of 3 reveals a rare η1-κC binding mode of CO2, while that of 5 shows bridging CO2 binding (μ2-κC:κ2O,O') between the nickel ...

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the gaseous end product of the aerobic metabolism of oxygen. CO2 is highly soluble in body tissues, and readily diffuses from cells to blood, where circulation transports it to the lungs for elimination. Divers often ignore carbon dioxide, as CO2 is a normal part of life. However, CO2 may have definite and detrimental effects if a diver accumulates an excessive amount of...