Is This The End To Climate Change? Researchers from the University of Belfast just developed a liquid that could

capture gases like carbonat dihydroxid (CO2) or methane that cause the

current global climate change.

In comparison, methane is 25-times more harmful for our earth then

carbonat dihydroxid. Recent studies suggest that we are now entering a

state which is described by the milankovitch theory. The theory states the

when the earth’s temperature increases, our best natural reflector, the ice

caps on north and south pole, melt. Thus, the sea level will rise with water

being the worst natural reflector. Because of it being the worst natural

reflector, less sun beams will be reflected away from earth but will heat up

the oceans which will then melt the ice caps even quicker – a double mill!

But, Professor Stuart James from Queen’s University Belfast School of

Chemistry and Chemical Engineering has a revolutionary idea. He explains

that the liquid he and his research team developed, is full of holes which

surprisingly is a good thing. He states: „Materials which contain permanent,

or pores, are technologically important [...] They are used for

manufacturing a range of products from plastic bottles to petrol“.

Here’s how the liquid works: James and his research team took cage-like

molecules which have hollow space inside. These hollow spaces inside the

molecule allow it to form potential „cages“, as James describes them.

These cages can fit methane or carbonat dihydroxid molecules in it and

thus hopefully some day reduce the amount of carbonat dihydroxid in the

air and help weakening the current milankovitch cycles.

Liquid  [Background]  Queen’s  University  Belfast  

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