Today’s atmospheric carbon dioxide has risen by about 40 percent above pre-industrial levels. USC Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute scientists, including Founding Director and Nobel Laureate George Olah and Director G.K. Surya Prakash, have developed an easy-to-make material that can scrub large amounts of carbon dioxide from the air. They hope to find a low-cost/low-energy method of turning the captured carbon dioxide into methanol — which can be burned as a fuel source and used as a chemical feedstock. #FrontlineScholars