And it's not what you might expect.

It's not a new form of renewable energy.

Instead, it's a yellow powder.

The powder, known as COF 999, has the potential to capture carbon dioxide faster and more efficiently than a tree.

Just half a pound of this powder can do the work of a large tree over the course of a year.

Not only does it trap CO2 in its tiny pores, but it does so 10 times faster than anything seen before.

The powder, a combination of two hydrophobic molecular structures can be reused hundreds, possibly even thousands of times without breaking down.

The challenge now lies in scaling this technology up to meet global needs.

Currently producing the material on a massive scale has the potential to expel more carbon than it can capture.

For Straight Arrow News, I'm Jack Almer.

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