Climate Change

Capturing carbon from the air just got easier

October 23, 2024
By Robert Sanders, Media relations
A new type of porous material called a covalent organic framework quickly sucks up CO2 from ambient air.

The Future Looks Bright for Infinitely Recyclable Plastic

April 22, 2021
by Aliyah Kovner | Berkeley Lab
A study that shows what can be accomplished if manufacturers began using PDKs on a large scale. The bottom line? PDK-based plastic could quickly become commercially competitive with conventional plastics, and the products will get less expensive and more sustainable as time goes on.

A big step toward ‘green’ ammonia and a ‘greener’ fertilizer

January 17, 2023
By Robert Sanders, UC Berkeley Media relations
University of California, Berkeley, chemists have taken a big step toward making ammonia production more environmentally friendly: a “greener” ammonia for “greener” fertilizer.

Peidong Yang and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners announce research partnership

August 19, 2022
University of California Berkeley and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
In a new partnership, The Peidong Yang research group will work with Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) to develop technology that will convert air into sugar.

Can fungi turn food waste into the next culinary sensation?

September 3, 2024
By Robert Sanders | UC Berkeley Media Relations
UC Berkeley microbiologist makes the case for Neurospora-laced oat pulp and cheesy moldy bread.

Omar Yaghi wins prestigious Tang Prize for Sustainable Development

June 18, 2024
By Rachel Leven | Berkeley Computing, Data Science, and Society
Yaghi wins in recognition of his groundbreaking efforts founding and advancing the field of reticular chemistry.

EVs are lowering Bay Area's carbon footprint

April 4, 2024
By Robert Sanders | Berkeley News
Ron Cohen and grad student Naomi Asimow conclude that the decrease in Bay Area CO2 is due to passenger vehicle electrification.

Three decades after UN milestone, experts convene to find AI climate solutions

March 21, 2024
By Rachel Leven | Berkeley Computing, Data Science, and Society
Aditi Krishnapriyan, Omar Yaghi, and colleagues are using the power of artificial intelligence to develop cutting-edge technology to stem the planet’s warming and its related impacts.

Capturing wellhead gases for profit and a cleaner environment

November 13, 2023
By Robert Sanders | UC Berkeley News
UC Berkeley chemists have now come up with a simple and green way to convert these gases — primarily methane and ethane — into economically valuable liquids, mostly alcohols like methanol and ethanol.

ChatGPT accelerates chemistry discovery for climate response, study shows

August 7, 2023
By Rachel Leven | Berkeley Computing, Data Science, and Society
UC Berkeley experts taught ChatGPT how to quickly create datasets on difficult-to-aggregate research about certain materials that can be used to fight climate change, according to a new paper published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.