Focal Interest
Focal Interest

Carbon fibers

  1. Rapid carbon pricing can create macro-financial instability
    Integrated modeling shows rapid decarbonization via carbon pricing creates macro-financial risks, treatable through coordinated climate and economic stabilization policies.
  2. TRC improved flexural capacity of an aged cracked bridge slab-beam
    Study on carbon textile-reinforced concrete strengthening of aged bridge slabs shows 24.8% capacity increase and effective crack control under sustained service loads.
  3. China’s electricity and carbon prices show partial coupling
    Study quantifies China's carbon-to-electricity price transmission at 76.5%, identifies barriers to market coupling, and proposes institutional reforms for achieving clean energy targets.
  4. Extreme 2023 drought turned the Amazon into a weak carbon source
    2023 Amazon drought reduced vegetation carbon uptake, turning the region into a weak carbon source independent of fire emissions, revealing climate vulnerability.
  5. Sunlight-driven photocatalyst cleaves PFAS carbon–fluorine bonds
    Z-scheme photocatalyst CuInS2/BiOCl composite enables visible-light-driven degradation of PFAS through directed charge transfer, achieving 96% removal in sunlight-driven continuous-flow systems.
  6. Carbon black cave art in Dordogne was directly dated
    Radiocarbon dating reveals carbon black Paleolithic cave art at Font-de-Gaume in France's Dordogne region, establishing chronological constraints on previously undocumented prehistoric artistic.
  7. Old dissolved carbon from permafrost thaw accumulates in Siberian lakes
    Study reveals that up to 75% of dissolved organic carbon in Siberian thermokarst lakes originates from permafrost thaw, yet this ancient carbon accumulates rather than rapidly converting to.
  8. Primary boreal forests store more carbon than secondary forests
    Study reveals primary boreal forests in Sweden store 72% more carbon than managed secondary forests, with significant implications for global carbon cycling and forest management policies.
  9. Large CDR pathways may discourage faster emissions cuts
    Analysis of how reliance on carbon dioxide removal in climate scenarios may substitute for immediate emissions reductions, creating carbon budget overshoot and justice concerns.
  10. Carbon trading linked to higher well-being in Chinese cities
    Analysis of 273 Chinese cities from 2008-2020 reveals carbon emissions trading systems improve well-being through green innovation, with heterogeneous effects across regions.
  11. Non-permanent carbon removal can lower mitigation costs
    Welfare analysis of permanent versus non-permanent carbon dioxide removal: non-permanent CDR lowers near-term mitigation costs but does not reduce long-run temperatures; policy requires.