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Francis Mangion (M)

Researchers at Caltech have created a small-scale system that pulls carbon dioxide (CO₂) directly from the air and turns it into strong, industrial-grade plastics. This is a big step forward in carbon capture technology and supports the idea of a circular economy, where waste is reused instead of thrown away.

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ThreadsTech Explorers (@techexplorerszone) on ThreadsResearchers at Caltech have created a small-scale system that pulls carbon dioxide (CO₂) directly from the air and turns it into strong, industrial-grade plastics. This is a big step forward in carbon capture technology and supports the idea of a circular economy, where waste is reused instead of thrown away. #Caltech
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Carolyn Porco

Hey, y'all! At a time when good, hope-inspiring news is in short supply, what to my wondering eyes should appear but some new scientific research (of course!) frm my alma mater #Caltech, reporting the 1st steps in making plastic from CO2, H2O & electricity w/o using plants as a mediator. 👏💃 📰🧪🌍

Making Plastic from Carbon Dio...

a student works with a tabletop instrument built in the lab with lots of tubing, gauges, and pumps
California Institute of TechnologyMaking Plastic from Carbon Dioxide, Water, and ElectricityA new two-loop system developed by Caltech shows a path to convert the abundant greenhouse gas into an industrially valuable commodity
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HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴

@Ruth_Mottram @SnowshadowII

👉#AMOC: disruptions to theAtlantic Ocean’s circulation system 👈
#ClimateCrisis

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The studies about #AMOC keep being contradictory:

#CalTech: "The researchers found that the AMOC will weaken by around 18 to 43 percent at the end of the 21st century. While this does represent some weakening, it does not represent substantial weakening that the more extreme climate model projections suggest." (05/25)

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caltech.edu/about/news/atlanti

nature.com/articles/s41561-025

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California Institute of TechnologyAtlantic Ocean Current Expected to Undergo Limited Weakening with Climate ChangeCaltech researchers, combining observations with an improved understanding of climate model behavior, suggest that a major Atlantic Ocean current will weaken far less under climate change than indicated by some of the more extreme climate model projections.
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Dragon-sided D

The age of Fast Radio Burst cosmology has truly begun. Awesome.

Also fun fact: everything we can see is just the 20% of the Universe that is "normal matter". But 91% of that normal matter is intergalactic gas & dust.

All the stars and everything they illuminate: less than 2% of the Whole Shebang

#caltech #frb

caltech.edu/about/news/missing

Artwork shows swirling colorful patterns that represent light traveling at different speeds through space.
California Institute of TechnologyMissing Matter in Universe FoundUsing Caltech's DSA-110 radio telescope, astronomers pinpoint whereabouts of "fog" between galaxies.
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Eugene Alvin Villar 🇵🇭

Silly #LinkedOpenData contribution of the day (month? year?): adding #Caltech’s iconic Fleming Cannon to #OpenStreetMap and #Wikidata.

openstreetmap.org/node/1288060

wikidata.org/wiki/Q134691289

Luckily, there’s an existing Wikimedia Commons category for the cannon so it didn’t seem silly to also add it in OSM and Wikidata.

It’s debatable whether the cannon should be mapped in OSM because it is mobile, but I’ve read it often stays in front of its namesake Fleming House so on the map it goes!

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OpenStreetMapNode: ‪Fleming Cannon‬ (‪12880607063‬)OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.
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