Molecular Chemistry Aimed Towards New Technologies for Atmospheric CO2 Depletion

描述（由申请人提供）：自19世纪工业革命以来，大气中温室气体——二氧化碳的含量一直在上升。这种气体是全球变暖的主要原因。全球变暖对国家和全球的人类健康都构成威胁。全球气温升高可能改变局部环境；因此，改变过敏和媒介传播疾病的季节性模式。由于二氧化碳是通过燃烧用于运输和发电的化石燃料释放到大气中的，因此有两种策略可以降低大气中这种污染物的含量：开发广泛采用的碳中性燃料，或者找到从大气中去除二氧化碳的方法。我选择把重点放在后一种方法上，因为它解决了直接调节全球大气中二氧化碳含量的直接问题。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Atmospheric content of the greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide has been rising since the industrial revolution in the nineteenth century. This gas is a major contributor to global warming. Global warming is a threat to human health both nationally and globally. Increasing global temperature may alter the local environment; therefore, changing the seasonal patterns of allergies and vector-borne diseases. Because carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere by the burning of fossil fuels used for transportation and generation of electricity, there are two strategies for lowering the atmospheric content of this pollutant: To develop carbon-neutral fuels that are widely adopted, or to find methods to remove the carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. I have chosen to focus on the latter method because it addresses the immediate problem of directly regulating the carbon dioxide content of our global atmosphere.