--- description: Spotting concussions with a mobile phone, how to keep disadvantaged students from dropping out of college and more. title: How Iceland Solved Its Carbon Dioxide Problem image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Innovation](/tag/innovation/) ## Innovation Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # How Iceland Solved Its Carbon Dioxide Problem by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 10, 2016 4:00 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 10, 2016 4:00 PM CUT **1\.** [**What if we could diagnose a concussion with a mobile phone?**](https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601619/is-this-the-diagnostic-tool-weve-been-waiting-for-in-concussion-testing/ "undefined") By Mike Orcutt in MIT Technology Review **2\.** [**These simple steps can keep disadvantaged students from dropping out of college.**](https://ed.stanford.edu/news/new-research-demonstrate-how-specific-interventions-can-boost-success-first-generation-and "undefined") By Jonathan Rabinovitz at the Stanford University Graduate School of Education **3\.** [**The antidepressants used by tens of thousands of teens don’t work.**](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/most-antidepressants-ineffective-in-teens-study/ "undefined") By Ashley Welch at CBS News **4\.** [**Iceland just solved the carbon dioxide problem. They turned it into rock.**](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/06/09/scientists-in-iceland-have-a-solution-to-our-carbon-dioxide-problem-turn-it-into-stone/ "undefined") By Chris Mooney in the Washington Post **5\.** [**Forget binge-watching TV. Here comes binge-reading.**](http://www.wired.com/2016/06/fsg-serialized-book-publishing/ "undefined") By Charley Locke in Wired  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/ "undefined") _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4364041/iceland-carbon-dioxide/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4364041/iceland-carbon-dioxide/"},"headline":"How Iceland Solved Its Carbon Dioxide Problem","datePublished":"2016-06-10T16:00:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:59:54.914Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4364041/iceland-carbon-dioxide/","keywords":["Innovation","Depression","concussions","carbon","College","Books"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4364041/iceland-carbon-dioxide/","name":"How Iceland Solved Its Carbon Dioxide Problem"}}]}] ```