Instant petrified wood reported in BBC Online News, 25 Jan 2005 and news@nature 28 Jan 2005. Petrified wood is commonly believed to have been formed when trees were buried in mud without oxygen and, they slowly absorb minerals from the mud which turns the wood to stone over the following millions of years. A team […]
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Quick Rocks from CO2
Quick rocks from CO2, according to reports in BBC News 9 June 2016 and Science (AAAS) News 10 June 2016 and Science vol. 352, pp. 1312-1314, DOI: 10.1126/science.aad8132, 10 June 2016. An international team of scientists working in Iceland have developed a process called Carbfix, which injects carbon dioxide into basalt. The project is part […]