At present, the United States has been experiencing more of the impact of global climate change. From the extreme storms and flooding in the west coast, to the snow storm in the northeast, there is no denying how dire of a problem climate change is. Just last month scientists confirmed that 2015 is the warmest year in recorded history. Clearly they claim that something must be done.
Thankfully, countries across the globe have been making impressive strides in order to halt the extreme changes in the climate. In fact just recently scientists in Norway initiated an experiment that they hope would shed light to the solution for climate change.
Last January 25, 2016, researchers from Oslo started a study on capturing carbon dioxide emissions from the fumes of garbage burning. The test was conducted at the Klemetsrud incinerator - an incinerator that is known to emit 300,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide or .6 percent of the country's CO2 emission annually. The main aim of the study is to remove climate-warming gases which is the by-product of garbage disposal.
"I hope Oslo can show other cities that it's possible to capture emissions from trash" quipped Marianne Borgen, Mayor of the city, during the opening ceremony of the experiment.
The experiment is not the first study to be conducted on emitting carbon dioxide from trash fumes. However according to reports, most other research has been hampered by exceedingly high costs.
The experiment is expected to run until April. Should it be successful , the goal of the team is to have full-scale device operational by 2020.
Environmental Groups are ecstatic over the strides in the recent research. According to some, it is imperative to regulate negative emissions in order to successfully achieve the goals from the recent United Nations Climate Change Conference conducted just last month in France.