NIST DEVELOPS NEW TESTING SYSTEM FOR CARBON CAPTURE IN FIGHT AGAINST GLOBAL WARMING

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards & Technology issued the following press release:

More than 100 facilities designed to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere are in various stages of development around the world. In the United States, the first direct air capture (DAC) plant opened last fall in Northern California. The U.S. Department of Energy is funding four more regional DAC hubs with billions of dollars in seed money.

Now, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) aims to facilitate the development of this rapidly emerging technology that the International Energy Agency (IEA) says will be a "key technology" for combating global warming.

NIST scientists have d...