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A new study examines ways that carbon could be used as a key ingredient in building materials—particularly biomass plastics ...

Mining the Atmosphere, a new Empa research initiative, aims at capturing excess CO₂ from the atmosphere and storing it in ...

Explore how common construction materials like concrete and plastics can store carbon and fight climate change.

Switching out concrete and other construction materials for carbon-sucking alternatives could store the equivalent of half of ...

Construction materials such as concrete and plastic have the potential to lock away billions of tons of carbon dioxide, ...

Dübendorf, St. Gallen und Thun, 20.01.2025 - Mining the Atmosphere, a new Empa research initiative, aims at capturing excess CO₂ from the atmosphere and storing it in building materials such as ...

A 2025 expert analysis estimates that using carbon dioxide-storing building materials could sequester 16.6 ± 2.8 billion ...

If all new buildings used CO2-storing materials, a new paper says, 16.6 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas could be stored ...

Discover how everyday building materials could be the key to massive carbon storage, according to a new study. Technologies ...