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Environment

Environmental health

News and Updates

Projects and Programs

NCNR DAC and CCUS efforts

Ongoing
Overview Capture of carbon dioxide from the air (direct air capture; DAC) combined with energy efficiency and carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS)

Microcryocooler for Terahertz Detectors

Ongoing
NIST and the University of Colorado have been funded since April, 2006, by DARPA to develop a microcryocooler with a volume less than about 4 cm3 to cool a

Publications

Technical Framework for High Quality New Approach Methodologies (NAMs)

Author(s)
Elijah Petersen, John T. Elliott, John Gordon, Nicole Kleinstreuer, Emily Reinke, Matthias Roesslein, Blaza Toman
New approach methodologies (NAMs) are in vitro, in chemico, and computational approaches that can potentially be used to reduce animal testing. For NAMs that

Software

CO2

Quick Indoor CO2 (QICO2) Tool

This tool is used for implementing the CO2 concentration calculations. After providing the relevant inputs, or selecting from a number of predefined cases, the

Awards

David Long Honored with PECASE

For outstanding contributions to the fields of trace gas analysis, the carbon cycle, atmospheric studies and pollution monitoring through