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Wastewater Treatment Generates N2O

The contribution and role of wastewater treatment plants in the generation and emission of nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas, is far more complex than previously believed, according to a study led by Professor Kartik Chandran.

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Klaus Lackner in June 2010 Issue of Scientific American

Klaus Lackner's article "Washing Carbon Out of the Air" appears in the June 2010 issue of Scientific American Magazine.

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India Honors Prof. Somasundaran

The Indian government has awarded the Padma Shri title to Ponisseril Somasundaran, Columbia Engineering’s LaVon Duddleson Krumb Professor of Mineral Engineering.

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